Legal Definition and Related Resources of Bound

Meaning of Bound

Synonyms of Bound

adjective

accountable
answerable
beholden
called by duty
chargeable
committed
compelled
constrained
destined
engaged
forced
having no alternative
impelled
liable
necessitated
obligated
obliged
pledged
pressed by duty
required
responsible
restrained
tied
under a vow
under compulsion
under necessity
under obligation
foreign phrases: Naturale est quidlibet dissolvi eo modo quo ligatur
It is natural for a thing to be unbound in the same way in which it was made binding
Nemo tenetur ad impossibile
No one is bound to do an impossibility
Quo ligatur
eo dissolvitur
By the same means by which a thing is bound
it is released

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Obligado
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What does Bound mean in American Law?

The definition of Bound in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

Tied up, as with rope, but in legal contexts obligated, as in “You signed the contract and you”re bound by it.” Also, in transportation, an indication of destination, as in “The S.S. Peerless, bound for Bombay.” Also, a somewhat archaic synonym for boundary. See, e.g., metes and bounds.

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English Spanish Translation of Bound

Obligado, vinculado

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