obligee
Americannoun
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Law.
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a person to whom another is obligated or bound.
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a person to whom a bond is given.
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a person who is under obligation for a favor, service, or benefit.
noun
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a person in whose favour an obligation, contract, or bond is created; creditor
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a person who receives a bond
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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
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 Callan, Charles Jerome
Such a bond, if the obligee has exacted unconscionable terms, may be set aside.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
His obligee must wait and hope for better times.
From Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals by Stapleton, John H. (John Henry)
The party to whom it is made is the "obligee."
From Business Hints for Men and Women by Calhoun, Alfred Rochefort
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