fiduciary obligation

collocation in English

meaningsoffiduciaryandobligation

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fiduciary
adjective
uk
/fɪˈdʒuː.ʃi.ə.ri/us
/fɪˈduː.ʃi.er.i/
relating to the responsibility to take care of someone else's money in a ...
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obligation
noun
uk
/ˌɒb.lɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.bləˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the fact that you are obliged to ...
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(Definition offiduciaryandobligationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Because the patient is weakened and made vulnerable by the illness, the physician has afiduciaryobligationtoward the patient.
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Civil disobedients call the state to the bar and accuse their government of violating itsfiduciaryobligation to protect the lives and welfare of its citizens.
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It became submerged in the debate about our other new clause relating tofiduciaryobligation, but possibly that was my fault.
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Normally one would have thought that thefiduciaryobligationof the directors would apply.
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As such, they have a legal, ethical, andfiduciaryobligationto provide for its safekeeping.
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These may give rise to an implied contract at law or to afiduciaryobligationin equity.
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In the old cases in equity the term fraud was frequently applied to cases of a breach offiduciaryobligation.
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Under the previously described list of content areas for ethics, this would fall under decisionmaking and fiduciary obligations.
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Do the multiple fiduciary obligations of a family-centered moral framework effectively make impossible anything like an actual provider-patient relationship?
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Fiduciary obligations to their clients are far less.
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Parents are assisted in fulfilling their obligations to their children through consultation with others, including healthcare providers who, in turn, have fiduciary obligations to children under their care.
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The purpose behind subsection (2), as amended, is to indicate how the rule-making power may be exercised with regard to an authorised person's fiduciary obligations towards his client.
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This is not intended to be an exhaustive list, but it is sufficient to indicate the nature of fiduciary obligations.
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The law of confidence and the law relating to fiduciary obligations are not coextensive and yet are not completely distinct.
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Duties of confidence, unlike fiduciary obligations, can arise outside a direct relationship.
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While in private practice, she specialized in complex litigation, involving scientific and technical issues, fiduciary obligations, and large-scale commercial disputes.
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Reorganization proceedings place considerable burdens on any debtor, but these burdens do not release an employer that acts as plan administrator from its fiduciary obligations.
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Institutional investors, who deal with other peoples' money, are bound by fiduciary obligations, deriving from the law of trusts and obligations to exercise care deriving from the common law.
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