An obligation is a course of action that someone is required to take, whether legal or moral. Obligations are constraints; they limit freedom. People who...

Political obligation refers to a moral requirement to obey national laws. Its origins are unclear, however it traces to the Ancient Greeks. The idea of...

A collateralized debt obligation (CDO) is a type of structured asset-backed security (ABS). Originally developed as instruments for the corporate debt...

The law of obligations is one branch of private law under the civil law legal system and so-called "mixed" legal systems. It is the body of rules that...

In the Catholic Church, holy days of obligation or precepts are days on which the faithful are expected to attend Mass, and engage in rest from work and...

In the UK, a compulsory stock obligation (CSO) is a minimum stock of fuel reserves that must be held by a supplier in the United Kingdom against shortages...

is an agreement that specifies certain legally enforceable rights and obligations pertaining to two or more parties. A contract typically involves the...

Debt obligation may refer to: Collateralized debt obligation Constant Proportion Debt Obligation This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...

moral philosophy, deontological ethics or deontology (from Greek: δέον, 'obligation, duty' + λόγος, 'study') is the normative ethical theory that the morality...

OATs (Obligations assimilables du Trésor) are government bonds issued by Agence France Trésor (French Treasury), generally by auction according to an...

Forward about controlling people in relationships and the theory that fear, obligation and guilt (FOG) are the transactional dynamics at play between the controller...

Obligation of identification describes the requirement to be in possession of a valid identity card and to produce this on demand when requested by authorities...

enacting legislation relieving particular persons of their contractual obligations. Although the clause recognizes people's right to form contracts, it...

A general obligation bond is a common type of municipal bond in the United States that is secured by a state or local government's pledge to use legally-available...

Positive obligations in human rights law denote a State's obligation to engage in an activity to secure the effective enjoyment of a fundamental right...

A nondelegable obligation (also known as a non-delegable duty) is a legal obligation or duty which cannot legally be delegated or, if delegated, the principal...

Collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) are a form of securitization where payments from multiple middle sized and large business loans are pooled together...

A solidary obligation, or an obligation in solidum, is a type of obligation in the civil law jurisprudence that allows either obligors to be bound together...

A collateralized mortgage obligation (CMO) is a type of complex debt security that repackages and directs the payments of principal and interest from a...

In the context of European Union law, a public service obligation or PSO is an obligation imposed on an organisation by legislation or contract to provide...

In law, a reciprocal obligation, also known as a reciprocal agreement is a duty owed by one individual to another and vice versa. It is a type of agreement...

The Renewables Obligation (RO) is designed to encourage generation of electricity from eligible renewable sources in the United Kingdom. It was introduced...

one's parents have given. However, it is also practiced because of an obligation towards one's ancestors. According to some modern scholars, xiào is the...

The nature of fiduciary obligations differs among jurisdictions. In Australia, only proscriptive or negative fiduciary obligations are recognised,: 113 : 198 ...

fund obligation (CFO) is a form of securitization involving private equity fund or hedge fund assets, similar to collateralized debt obligations. CFOs...

Feudal duties were the set of reciprocal financial, military and legal obligations among the warrior nobility in a feudal system. These duties developed...

A synthetic CDO is a variation of a CDO (collateralized debt obligation) that generally uses credit default swaps and other derivatives to obtain its investment...

the owner of the property is said to retain a "residual common carrier obligation," unless otherwise transferred (such as in the case of a commuter rail...

A vassal or liege subject is a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe...

Declaration of Human Rights. This view asserts that, by introducing an obligation to vote, all citizens governed by a democracy partake in the responsibility...