Sentence examples for affirmative duty from inspiring English sources

"He has an affirmative duty to speak up".

In the wording of the statute, they have an "affirmative duty" to do so.

That means companies that sell the swaps do not have an affirmative duty to advise investors about their risks.

An affirmative duty to act for the protection of another only arises when a special relationship exists between the parties.

We have previously stated that an affirmative duty to act only arises when a special relationship exists between the parties.

(b) Here, petitioner had no affirmative duty to disclose the information as to the plans of the acquiring companies.

Affirmative Action Unlawful in Europe.

Laurence Tribe, The Abortion Funding Conundrum: Inalienable Rights, Affirmative Duties, and the Dilemma of Dependence, 99 Harv.

The government's affirmative duties are arguably owed to the fetus, who can be considered a holder of 5th and 14th amendment rights.

The statute creates a series of prerequisites for knowing and voluntary waivers and imposes affirmative duties of disclosure and waiting periods.

It hardly needs stating that Congress, pursuant to 3 U. S. C. Section 5, did not impose any affirmative duties upon the states that their governmental branches could "violate".