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Legal duty

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002966

An obligation imposed by law to act or refrain from acting in a particular way. A breach of a legal duty can lead to civil liability or criminal prosecution. Duties can arise from statutes, contracts, or common law principles, such as the duty of care owed to others.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002966
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-002966",
  "term": "Legal duty",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "An obligation imposed by law to act or refrain from acting in a particular way. A breach of a legal duty can lead to civil liability or criminal prosecution. Duties can arise from statutes, contracts, or common law principles, such as the duty of care owed to others.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/legal-duty/"
}

Record 2,915 of 5,445 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.