legal duty

collocation in English

meaningsoflegalandduty

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legal
adjective
uk
/ˈliː.ɡəl/us
/ˈliː.ɡəl/
connected with ...
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duty
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈdʒuː.ti/us
/ˈduː.t̬i/
something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing ...
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(Definition oflegalanddutyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflegal duty

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Call alegaldutysecondary just when it presupposes a violation of some otherlegalduty; otherwise call it primary.
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A legal claim-right correlates with alegalduty, so that to have a claim-right is to be owed alegaldutyby someone.
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The judge might decide, for example, that a driver has alegaldutyto avoid driving through red traffic lights.
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That was theirlegalduty.
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Thatlegaldutyalready exists.
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That is itslegalduty.
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Thelegaldutyremains the same.
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After all, that is theirlegalduty.
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Thelegaldutyfalls on the relatives.
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It is hislegaldutyso to do.
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There is, however, no generallegaldutyto disclose.
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It has thelegaldutyto do this.
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We have alegaldutyto deliver on that target.
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This procedure involves the physician'slegaldutyto ask for a collegial consultation to determine whether there has been compliance with all legal conditions.
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A legal liberty, which is defined as the absence oflegalduty, correlates with an absence of legal claim-right on the part of someone else.
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Or a judge might decide that the defendant in a particular case violated hislegaldutyby driving through a particular red traffic light.
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Courts are virtually always called upon to apply some secondarylegalduty, thereby authoritatively resolving some particular dispute over the violation of some primary duty.
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We now focus on the fact that secondary legal duties and wrongs cannot possibly fail to presuppose some requitable legal wrong-namely, the violation of somelegalduty.
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Moreover, the reason that they believe that alegaldutyshould be followed is the fact that it has been imposed by a legal system that they accept.
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The second small amendment clarifies thelegaldutyposition on mats made from sea-grass.
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It would have imposed alegaldutyon the police to investigate all such cases.
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In general, there is nolegaldutyto do something which is illegal.
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Is there alegaldutyon the employer to provide that information?
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She has nolegaldutyto provide him with a home which is enforceable at law.
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There should be alegaldutyfor the passes to be maintained.
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