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  • 31bound — I adj 1. tied, tethered, made fast, fastened, secured, fixed; in bonds, shackled, fettered, manacled, handcuffed; restrained, confined, restricted. 2. obligated, obliged, duty bound; required, compel ed, constrained. 3. destined, predestined,… …

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  • 32Duty — • The definition of the term duty given by lexicographers is: something that is due , obligatory service ; something that one is bound to perform or to avoid Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Duty     Duty …

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  • 33bound — [baʊnd] adjective LAW be bound if someone is bound by a law, promise, or agreement, they have to do what it says: • He is still bound by his contract with the record label. • The developer is legally bound to abide by the conditions in the… …

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  • 34bound — 1 n 1: boundary usu. used in pl. metes and bound s 2: something that limits or restrains within the bound s of the law bound 2 …

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  • 35Duty — Du ty, n.; pl. {Duties}. [From {Due}.] 1. That which is due; payment. [Obs. as signifying a material thing.] [1913 Webster] When thou receivest money for thy labor or ware, thou receivest thy duty. Tyndale. [1913 Webster] 2. That which a person… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 36-bound — [ baund ] suffix 1. ) used with some adjectives and nouns, for example place names, to make adjectives describing where someone or something is going: a Tokyo bound plane 2. ) used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning that someone is unable …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 37bound by duty — index moral Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 38bound-bailiff — boundˈ bailiff noun A sheriff s officer, so called from his bond given to the sheriff for the discharge of his duty • • • Main Entry: ↑bound …

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  • 39bound|en — «BOWN duhn», adjective. 1. required; obligatory: »A child s bounden duty is to obey his parents. 2. under obligation because of favors received; obliged. ╂[past participle of bind] …

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  • 40duty — /dooh tee, dyooh /, n., pl. duties. 1. something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation. 2. the binding or obligatory force of something that is morally or legally right; moral or legal obligation. 3. an action or… …

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