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  • 1OBLIGATIONS, LAW OF — This law is concerned with the rights of one person as against those of another (jus in personam), as distinguished from the law of property, which is concerned with a person s rights in a chattel or other property as against the world at large… …

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  • 2under an obligation — Obligation Ob li*ga tion, n. [F. obligation. L. obligatio. See {Oblige}.] 1. The act of obligating. [1913 Webster] 2. That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes… …

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  • 3under obligation — Obligation Ob li*ga tion, n. [F. obligation. L. obligatio. See {Oblige}.] 1. The act of obligating. [1913 Webster] 2. That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes… …

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  • 4under oath — idi solemnly bound by the obligations of an oath …

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  • 5Law of obligations — The law of obligations is one of the component private law elements of the civil system of law. It includes contract law, delict law, quasi contract law, and quasi delict law. The law of obligations seeks to organize and regulate the voluntary… …

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  • 6secured obligations — USA Defined term typically used in the security agreement to describe the obligations secured by the security interest in the collateral. Typically, the borrower s secured obligations consist of its obligations to pay all amounts when due and… …

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  • 7Consideration under English law — Consideration is one of the three main building blocks of a contract in English contract law. Consideration can be anything of value (such as an item or service), which each party to a legally binding contract must agree to exchange if the… …

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  • 8Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations 1980 — The Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations 1980 (the Rome Convention ) is a measure in private international law or conflict of laws which aims to create at least a harmonised, if not a unified, choice of law system in… …

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  • 9Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 — The Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 is an Act of the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) which allows civil partnerships. The act also provides rights for participants in long term cohabiting relationships… …

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  • 10Unilateral gratuitous obligations — are undertaken voluntarily and are also known as unilateral voluntary obligations or gratuitous promises. If one person promises in definite terms to do something for benefit to another, he may be under a legal obligation to keep his promise.… …

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