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Definition of "obligant" [obligant]

  • In Scots law, one who binds himself by a legal tie to pay or perform something to or for another person. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "obligant" in a sentence
  • "The release of the bankrupt does not operate as a release [v. 03 p. 0327] of any partner or co-obligant with him."
  • "The principle holds good for prohibitive laws, at least if they are absolute, like the commands of the natural, moral law, ( "Thou shalt not bear false witness", "Thou shalt not commit adultery", etc.) that they are always and for ever obligatory (leges negativae obligant semper et pro semper -- negative laws bind always and forever), i.e. it is never permissible to perform the forbidden action."
  • "Commanding laws, however, as the law that debts must be paid, always impose an obligation, it is true, but not for ever (leges affirmativae obligant semper, sed non pro semper -- affirmative laws are binding always but not forever), that is, they continue always to be laws but they do not oblige one at every moment to the performance of the action commanded, but only at"