bound+by+duty

  • 41duty bound — see duty bound …

    English dictionary

  • 42duty bound —    If you are duty bound to do something, you are required to do it …

    English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 43duty-bound — UK / US adjective formal legally or morally responsible for doing something We felt duty bound to challenge the decision …

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  • 44bound — As an adjective, denotes the condition of being constrained by the obligations of a bond, contract, covenant, or other moral or legal obligation. See duty obligation. In the law of shipping, bound to or bound for denotes that the vessel spoken of …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 45bound — As an adjective, denotes the condition of being constrained by the obligations of a bond, contract, covenant, or other moral or legal obligation. See duty obligation. In the law of shipping, bound to or bound for denotes that the vessel spoken of …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 46bound — I adj 1. tied, tethered, made fast, fastened, secured, fixed; in bonds, shackled, fettered, manacled, handcuffed; restrained, confined, restricted. 2. obligated, obliged, duty bound; required, compel ed, constrained. 3. destined, predestined,… …

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  • 47duty — n. 1. What one ought to do, what one is bound or under obligation to do. 2. Service, business, function, office. 3. Tax, impost, toll, custom, excise …

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  • 48Ad valorem duty — Duty Du ty, n.; pl. {Duties}. [From {Due}.] 1. That which is due; payment. [Obs. as signifying a material thing.] [1913 Webster] When thou receivest money for thy labor or ware, thou receivest thy duty. Tyndale. [1913 Webster] 2. That which a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 49On duty — Duty Du ty, n.; pl. {Duties}. [From {Due}.] 1. That which is due; payment. [Obs. as signifying a material thing.] [1913 Webster] When thou receivest money for thy labor or ware, thou receivest thy duty. Tyndale. [1913 Webster] 2. That which a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 50Specific duty — Duty Du ty, n.; pl. {Duties}. [From {Due}.] 1. That which is due; payment. [Obs. as signifying a material thing.] [1913 Webster] When thou receivest money for thy labor or ware, thou receivest thy duty. Tyndale. [1913 Webster] 2. That which a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English