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Record 1 2011-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private Law
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
DEF

A duty that is based only on one's conscience and that is not legally enforceable; an obligation with a purely moral basis, as opposed to a legal one.

CONT

In contract law, moral obligation may support a promise in the absence of traditional consideration, but only if the promisor has previously received some actual benefit from the promisee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit privé
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
CONT

Si l'attribution est faite en vertu d'une obligation imparfaite, elle n'est pas sans cause. Ces obligations existent même si le créancier ne peut en obtenir l'exécution. Si le débiteur l'exécute, sa prestation a une cause.

Spanish

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