under+obligation

  • 51under an obligation — BEHOLDEN, obliged, in someone s debt, indebted, obligated, owing someone a debt of gratitude, duty bound, honour bound. → obligation …

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  • 52obligation — In an early and narrow sense, a bond or deed under seal wherein a person binds himself under penalty to do a thing. In the modern and popular sense, that which binds, as an oath, vow, promise, contract, or debt. Hargroves v Cooke, 15 Ga 321, 330 …

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  • 53obligation — ob•li•ga•tion [[t]ˌɒb lɪˈgeɪ ʃən[/t]] n. 1) something by which a person is bound to do certain things, and which arises out of a sense of duty or results from custom, law, etc 2) something done or to be done for such reasons: to fulfill one s… …

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  • 54under and subject to the payment of — A stipulation in a conveyance of mortgaged property ineffective as air assumption of the mortgage debt. Such a Stipulation does not with sufficient clearness import an intention by the grantor to create, and by the grantee to assume, a personal… …

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  • 55To lay under — Lay Lay (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down,… …

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  • 56under an obligation — committed to something, owing …

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  • 57obligation under seal — See specialty …

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  • 58Minimum Municipal Obligation — (MMO) is, in the United States, the state mandated smallest amount a municipality must contribute to any pension plan established for its employees. The amount is calculated using actuarial science to ensure that municipal pension plans are… …

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  • 59Minimum municipal obligation — (MMO) is, in the United States, the state mandated smallest amount a municipality must contribute to any pension plan established for its employees. The amount is calculated using actuarial science to ensure that municipal pension plans are… …

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  • 60Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation — The Non Fossil Fuel Obligation (NFFO) refers to a collection of orders requiring the electricity Distribution Network Operators in England and Wales to purchase electricity from the nuclear power and renewable energy sectors. Similar mechanisms… …

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