Sentence examples for obligation borne from inspiring English sources

"This is not a responsibility contingent upon the outcome of any lawsuit but a moral obligation borne of the worst terrorist attacks in our nation's history".

For example, a given state may impose on all and only its male citizens a duty to register for a military draft, in which case the full set of legal obligations borne by men in this state will differ from the full set borne by women.

And certainly, borrowers unable to meet their obligations bear some responsibility for their woes.

Right to bear arms (Second Amendment) comes with an obligation to bear them responsibly and not use them against each other.

Those who participate in the practice thus have rights against as well as obligations to one another: a right to require others to bear their share of the burdens and an obligation to bear one's share in turn.

The beef industry has fought for nearly two decades against government testing for any dangerous pathogens, and it isn't hard to guess why: when there is no true grasp of how far and wide a food-borne pathogen has spread, there's no obligation to bear the cost of dealing with it.

Still, he writes, "As I approach the end of my career I feel an increasing obligation to bear witness to past mistakes I have made".

If it produces nonexcludable goods, which everyone receives regardless of whether she contributed to their production or even wants them, then there can be no fair-play obligation to bear a share of the burdens of the enterprise.

What the principle of fair play holds, then, is that everyone who participates in a reasonably just, mutually beneficial cooperative practice — Hart's "joint enterprise according to rules" — has an obligation to bear a fair share of the burdens of the practice.

Jack still feels his obligation to bear witness.

The church cannot become the state, but the church has an obligation to bear witness to the state.