单词 | obligant |
释义 | obligantn.adj. A. n. Scots Law. A person who binds himself or herself, or who is legally bound, to pay or perform something. Cf. obligor n. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > [noun] > one under legal obligation or who finds himself obligor1528 obligant1583 1583 Burgh Court Perth 19 Sept. And the saidis obligantis ar content thir presentis be registrat in the burrow buikis of perth. 1699 in J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council (1761) II. 36 Alledged for the cautioner that he is not mentioned as one of the obligants and parties contracters in the beginning. 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. II. iii. iii. 309 One of several obligants conjunctly and severally, who pays the whole debt, or fulfills the obligation, is intitled to a proportional relief against the rest. 1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 596/2 The debtor, whom the English term the obligor, is in Scotland termed the obligant or granter. 1882 Times 28 Jan. 11/2 £25,658 has been paid to creditors by other obligants. 1913 Act 3 & 4 George V c. 20 §21 He shall..depone that he holds no other obligants or securities than those specified. 1993 Sc. Law Times Rep. 346 The declarator was sought because the defenders had argued that their guarantee was restricted to the same extent as the principal obligant's liability. Binding, obligatory. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [adjective] fastOE faithfula1500 obligatory1502 obligatoriousa1555 astrictivea1575 bounded1586 debt-bound1588 obliged1594 obligative1596 Stygian1608 obligator1609 binding1611 imperative1621 obligant1624 ligatory1625 obliging1638 obstrictive1642 boundant1649 self-binding1685 hard1935 1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 525 Fit to be done, but not obligant. 1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 525 All the Precepts thereof are perpetually obligant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1583 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。