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oblĭgātĭo (noun F) : id..
* In gen.
* A binding (post-class. and very rare): propter linguae obligationem,because of his being tongue-tied,Just. 13, 7, 1.
* In partic., jurid. t. t.
* An engaging or pledging, an obligation: est gravior et difficilior animi et sententiae pro aliquo quam pecuniae obligatio,Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 18, 3: obligationis onere praetoris auxilio non levabitur,Dig. 3, 3, 67: obligationes ex contractu aut re contrahuntur, aut verbis, aut consensu,ib. 44, 7, 1, § 1.
* Transf., an obligatory relation between two persons, one of whom has a right and the other a duty (the right of the creditor and the duty of the debtor): nunc transeamus ad obligationes: omnis enim obligatio vel ex contractu nascitur vel ex delicto,Gai. Inst. 3, 88; cf. sqq.: obligationum substantia in eo consistit, ut alium nobis obstringat ad dandum aliquid, vel faciendum, vel praestandum,Dig. 44, 7, 3; 45, 1, 108: ex maleficio nascuntur obligationes,ib. 44, 7, 4: obligatio et constituitur et solvitur,ib. 46, 4, 8: exstinguitur,ib. 45, 1, 140: submovetur,ib. 2, 14, 27 et saep.
* The document which confirms this relation, a bond, obligation: pignoris obligatio etiam inter absentes recte ex contractu obligatur,Dig. 20, 1, 23; 48, 11, 28.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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