Idiom
legal duty
Meaning
A duty prescribed by the law, to act or forbear from acting.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You have a legal duty to pay your taxes on time.”
“The contract clearly outlines your legal duty to maintain the property in good condition throughout the lease.”
“As a corporate director, she understood that her legal duty to the shareholders required her to act with complete transparency and care.”
Examples
simple
“You have a legal duty to pay your taxes on time.”
contextual
“The contract clearly outlines your legal duty to maintain the property in good condition throughout the lease.”
complex
“As a corporate director, she understood that her legal duty to the shareholders required her to act with complete transparency and care.”
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