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|lshtext=<b>oblĭgātĭo</b>: ōnis, f. id..<br /><b>I</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[binding]] ([[post]]-[[class]]. and [[very]] [[rare]]): [[propter]] linguae obligationem, [[because]] of his [[being]] [[tongue]]-tied, Just. 13, 7, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., an ensnaring, entangling: innocentium, Dig. 48, 10, 1: declinantes in obligationes, [[evil]] devices, Vulg. Psa. 124, 5: in obligatione iniquitatis, id. Act. 8, 23.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., jurid. t. t.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> An [[engaging]] or pledging, an [[obligation]]: est gravior et difficilior animi et sententiae pro [[aliquo]] [[quam]] pecuniae [[obligatio]], Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 18, 3: obligationis onere praetoris [[auxilio]] non levabitur, Dig. 3, 3, 67: obligationes ex contractu aut re contrahuntur, aut verbis, aut consensu, ib. 44, 7, 1, § 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., an obligatory [[relation]] [[between]] [[two]] persons, one of whom has a [[right]] and the [[other]] a [[duty]] (the [[right]] of the [[creditor]] and the [[duty]] of the [[debtor]]): [[nunc]] transeamus ad obligationes: [[omnis]] [[enim]] [[obligatio]] vel ex contractu nascitur vel ex delicto, Gai. Inst. 3, 88; cf. sqq.: obligationum [[substantia]] in eo consistit, ut [[alium]] nobis obstringat ad dandum aliquid, vel faciendum, vel praestandum, Dig. 44, 7, 3; 45, 1, 108: ex maleficio nascuntur obligationes, ib. 44, 7, 4: [[obligatio]] et constituitur et solvitur, ib. 46, 4, 8: exstinguitur, ib. 45, 1, 140: submovetur, ib. 2, 14, 27 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> The [[document]] [[which]] confirms this [[relation]], a [[bond]], [[obligation]]: pignoris [[obligatio]] [[etiam]] [[inter]] absentes recte ex contractu obligatur, Dig. 20, 1, 23; 48, 11, 28.