Natural Obligation
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
One which in honor and conscience binds the person who has contracted it, but which cannot be enforced in a court of justice. Poth. notes 173, 191. See "Obligation."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
One which in honor and conscience binds the person who has contracted it, but which cannot be enforced in a court of justice. Pothier, nn. 176, 191. See Obligation; Moral Obligation.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
One which Jacks legal sanction, and therefore cannot be enforced in a court of justice, but which imposes a moral duty upon the person bound.