legal obligation

常見(jiàn)例句

It is a legal obligation, but it is also a moral one.
這是一個(gè)法律責(zé)任，不過(guò)也是一個(gè)道德上的（責(zé)任）。
Although reclamation of the land, a legal obligation, has not kept up with the disturbance of the tar sands, it was “achievable”.
雖然土地墾拓（是一項(xiàng)法律義務(wù)）沒(méi)有像油砂業(yè)那樣受到干擾，報(bào)告還是認(rèn)定其“可行”。
Congress has a moral and legal obligation to oversee institutions it brings into existence.
國(guó)會(huì)有道義上和法律上的責(zé)任來(lái)監(jiān)督它所建立的機(jī)構(gòu)。

but that,by our frame of government, that principle has not been made one of legal obligation;

You are under no legal obligation to respond but generally should, since otherwise the case will escalate.
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We were under no legal obligation and our people were expecting nothing so why take the risk?
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