An obligation is a legal duty by which one person is bound to do or not to do a certain thing and arises from:
(1) contract; or
(2) operation of law.
Obligation defined
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 790 F. Supp. 1014 - Thornock v. Pack River Management Co. (1990)
Most recently applied in Thornock v. Washington Insurance Guaranty Association Thornock (September 1991)
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An obligation is a legal duty by which one person is bound to do or not to do a certain thing and arises from:
(1) contract; or
(2) operation of law.
Official source: Montana Code Annotated (Montana Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Montana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.