An obligation is a legal duty by which a person is bound to do or not to do a certain thing.
S.D. Codified Laws § 20-1-1
Obligation defined
Source: CivC 1877, § 798; CL 1887, § 3421; RCivC 1903, § 1114; RC 1919, § 721; SDC 1939, § 47.0101.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.