Sentence examples for * obligating from inspiring English sources

Since no individual will can rightfully make and enforce such a law obligating everyone to respect others' property, this mutual obligation is possible only in accordance with a "collective general (common) and powerful will", in other words, only in a civil condition.

(Obama compared them to existing laws obligating drivers to obtain auto insurance).

The government issued a right-to-work declaration, obligating the state to provide jobs for all citizens.

The rules have changed, theoretically obligating lawyers to go up their chain of command or even to law enforcement.

"That way, you're obligating the subtenant to abide by all the rules the tenant-shareholder must abide by".

After all, obligating the lease-holder to rebuild creates an excellent incentive for him to monitor and maintain the buildings.

It has nothing to do with you getting together, it's more or less a way of continuing the friendship without obligating yourself to physically connecting.

In 1992, Mayor David N. Dinkins agreed to a consent decree obligating the city to substantially eliminate the overflows by constructing eight large catch-basins.

Most pointedly, when journalists accept free services from physicians, are they obligating themselves to deliver favorable coverage, in effect serving as shills?

The diocese paid Father Cote's lover an undisclosed sum of money, and he signed a legal agreement obligating both him and the diocese to keep the affair secret.

The Supreme Court held that the treaties obligating us to listen to the International Court of Justice were not binding law.