A collective term for the three great obligations upon land-holders in Anglo-Saxon times, of maintaining bridges and fortresses, and rendering…

Law. The attention and care due from a person in a given situation; spec. that incumbent upon the parties to a contract.

Usually italicized. A form of binding obligation between a creditor and a debtor, whereby the debtor automatically becomes the bondsman of the…

An obligation not to prevent the exercise of a privilege.