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obligee

American  
[ob-li-jee] / ˌɒb lɪˈdʒi /

noun

  1. Law.

    1. a person to whom another is obligated or bound.

    2. a person to whom a bond is given.

  2. a person who is under obligation for a favor, service, or benefit.


obligee British  
/ ˌɒblɪˈdʒiː /

noun

  1. a person in whose favour an obligation, contract, or bond is created; creditor

  2. a person who receives a bond

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of obligee

First recorded in 1565–75; oblige + -ee

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“Further, no potential obligee of the fund benefits from this growth of the fund as the state has not defaulted, and will not default, on any payment of an obligation to return claimed property.”

From Washington Times Feb. 7, 2020

His obligee must wait and hope for better times.

From Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals by John H. (John Henry) Stapleton

If the ship safely accomplishes her voyage, the obligee gets his money back with the agreed interest: if the ship is totally lost, he loses it altogether.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various

The party to whom it is made is the "obligee."

From Business Hints for Men and Women by Alfred Rochefort Calhoun

Bond is the agreement by the obligor of a contract to pay a certain forfeit to the obligee, if the former does not perform his contract or does not perform it before a certain date.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Charles Jerome Callan

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