incur a duty

incur a duty
index assume (undertake), promise (vow), undertake

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  • Duty — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Duty >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 duty duty what ought to be done moral obligation accountableness liability onus responsibility Sgm: N 1 bounden duty bounden duty imperative duty Sgm: N 1 call call …   English dictionary for students

  • duty — A tax on imports, exports, or consumption goods. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary There are two main types of duty collected by HM Customs and Excise: one is import duty , which is duty charged on goods imported into the European Union ( EU); and… …   Financial and business terms

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  • duty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Requisite service Nouns 1. duty, moral obligation, accountability, liability, onus, responsibility; bounden duty; call of duty; allegiance, fealty, tie; engagement, promise; part, function, calling,… …   English dictionary for students

  • Omission (criminal) — In the criminal law, an omission, or failure to act, will constitute an actus reus (Latin for guilty act ) and give rise to liability only when the law imposes a duty to act and the defendant is in breach of that duty.DiscussionIn the criminal… …   Wikipedia

  • Omission (criminal law) — In the criminal law, an omission, or failure to act, will constitute an actus reus (Latin for guilty act ) and give rise to liability only when the law imposes a duty to act and the defendant is in breach of that duty. Contents 1 Discussion 1.1… …   Wikipedia

  • promise — prom·ise n: a declaration or manifestation esp. in a contract of an intention to act or refrain from acting in a specified way that gives the party to whom it is made a right to expect its fulfillment aleatory promise: a promise (as to compensate …   Law dictionary

  • assume — as·sume vt as·sumed, as·sum·ing 1: to voluntarily take upon oneself assume a risk 2: to take over (the debts or obligations of another) as one s own assume a mortgage Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster …   Law dictionary

  • undertake — I verb accept, address oneself to, agree, answer for, apply oneself to, assume, attempt, be answerable for, begin, carry on, carry out, commence, commit, commit oneself to, contract, covenant, devote oneself to, embark upon, endeavor, engage in,… …   Law dictionary

  • Excommunication — • Exclusion from the communion, the principal and severest censure, is a medicinal, spiritual penalty that deprives the guilty Christian of all participation in the common blessings of ecclesiastical society Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

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