obligor
[ob-li-gawr, ob-li-gawr]
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noun Law.
a person who is bound to another.
a person who gives a bond.
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Origin of obligor
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Examples from the Web for obligor
Historical Examples of obligor
Whatever scheme may be devised to increase the value of the Confederate States paper money, the obligor is the same.
A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States CapitalJohn Beauchamp Jones
As a rule, partial interests cannot be assigned so as to be binding upon the obligor, without the latter's consent.
The obligations of quasi contracts are imposed by law without reference to the assent of the obligor.
Commercial LawSamuel Williston, Richard D. Currier, and Richard W. Hill
obligor
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