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legal obligation

legal requirement to take some course of action
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Summary

legal obligation is a legal term or legal concept[1]. It draws 325 Wikipedia views per month (legal term or legal concept category, ranking #189 of 484).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: obligation[3], duty[4]
  • Opposite of: right of claim[5]
  • Described by source: Wex[6]
  • Has characteristic: legally binding[7]
  • Equivalent class: https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/Law/LegalCapacity/LegalObligation[8]

Why It Matters

legal obligation is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Q140909448. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). legal obligation. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/legal-obligation
MLA “legal obligation.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 20 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/legal-obligation.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_legal-obligation_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{legal obligation}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/legal-obligation}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-20}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/Law/LegalCapac
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/Law/LegalCapacity/LegalObligation"
  2. 21d ago · AddyLockPool · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Wex
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'es', 'fi', 'tg', 'uk']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: Wex"
  3. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/120p4qld, /g/1231g3jn, /g/11fzg77dmc +1
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → legal term or legal concept
    Subclass of → obligation, duty
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ Yso id: 24519, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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