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Discover LudwigThe phrase "under a duty" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It means that someone is obligated or required to do something. Example: As a teacher, I am under a duty to protect my students and ensure their safety during class.
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We are under a duty to properly scrutinise them.
Moreover, he is under a duty merely to take 'into consideration' the particularized factors.
The defendants were under a duty to surrender all of the car except the engine.
You will also be under a duty to take proper care of the property.
An inquiry is under a duty to consider the evidence objectively and impartially.
Health commissioners are under a duty to use integration to improve services for patients.
The judge said Nice was under a duty of transparency and fairness.
As educational institutions, we are under a duty to supervise and control Google's maintenance and use of educational records.
[247 N.Y. 170]A railroad company is under a duty to supply reasonable facilities for carriage at reasonable rates.
Joe Bennight contends that Western Auto was under a duty to furnish his wife a safe place to work.
There is nothing in its rules whereby applicants are placed under a duty to state the figures of their costs, still less to divide the total into items.
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