obligationaryadj.
/ˌɒblᵻˈɡeɪʃn̩(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌɑbləˈɡeɪʃəˌnɛri/ rare.
Relating to a legal obligation or bond; (also) obligatory.
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obligationary1880
1880 J. Muirhead Inst. of Gaius & Rules of Ulpian Digest 565 She was entitled to alienate her res nec mancipi, amongst which obligationary claims were included.
1997 Re: Meeting I went to Tonight in alt.recovery.aa (Usenet newsgroup) 10 May I pointed this discrepency out and got the statutary laugh, but then said that, having made the obligationary joke, I was going to shut up.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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