oblĭgātĭo — Lewis & Short
oblĭgātĭo, ōnis, f.id..
I In gen.
A A binding (post-class. and very rare):
propter linguae obligationem,because of his being tongue-tied, Just. 13, 7, 1.—
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.—
II In partic., jurid. t. t.
A 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.—
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.—
C 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.