Legal Definition and Related Resources of Duty

A tax, an impost or imposition; also, an obligation . Also the correlative of right .

A tax imposed on imports by the customs authority of a country.Glossary of Export Import Trade Terms Starting with-E

(Obligation), noun

• accountability
• allegiance
• answerability
• assignment
• burden
• charge
• chore
• commission
• commitment
• debt
• dictate of conscience
• engagement
• jides
• function
• indebtedness
• liability
• moral necessity
• moral obligation
• munus
• obedience
• office
• officium
• pledge
• promise
• responsibility
• role
• task
• work Associated Concepts: absolute duty
• breach of duty
• conditional duty
• continuing duty
• delegation of duty
• duty enjoined by law
• duty of support
• equitable duty
• imperative duty
• in performance of duty
• in the line of duty
• lawful duty
• legal duty
• ministerial duty
• moral duty
• neglect of duty
• nondelegatableduty
• nondiscretionary duty
• official duty
• on duty
• private duty
• public duty
• relief from duty
• scope of servant’s duties
• statutory duty
• unfit for duty
• violation of duty foreign phrases: Qui jussu judicis aliquod fecerit non videtur dolo malo fecisse
• quiaparere necesse est
• He who does anything by command of a judge will not be deemed to have acted from an improper motive
• because it was necessary to obey
• Judicis officium est opus dieiindiesuoperficere
• il is the duty of a judge to finish the day’s work within that day
• Judicis est judicare secundumallegataetprobata
• lt is the duty of ajudge to decide according to the allegations and proofs

(Tax), noun

• assessment
• burden
• capitation
• charge
• exaction
• exactment
• excise
• imposition
• impost
• levy
• onus
• rate
• revenue
• tallage
• tariff
• task
• tax on demand
• taxation
• toll
• tribute
• vectigal
• Associated Concepts: duty on exports
• duty on imports

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Duty in Historical Law

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Translate On Duty from English to Spanish

Translation of On Duty , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of De turno and other legal terms is available here.

• De turno
• De guardia
• Legal English Translation

See also

Legal Duty in the American legal Encyclopedia
Conduct obligated to be performed by one person to another. In ton… (Read more)

English Spanish Translation of Duty

To owe a duty OF: Tener el deber DE

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Duty in Diplomatic Law

T.D.Y.

Shorthand for a temporary duty assignment.

Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Duty

(You may find duty at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).

late 13c., from Anglo-French duete, from Old French deu “due, owed; proper, just,” from Vulgar Latin *debutus, from Latin debitus, past participle of debere “to owe” (see debt). Related: Duties. The sense of “tax or fee on imports, exports, etc.” is from late 15c.; duty-free as a noun is attested from 1958.

Resources

See Also

• Diplomacy entries in the World Encyclopedia
• Diplomacy entries in the American Legal Encyclopedia

Further Reading

• Satow’s Diplomatic Practice, Ivor Roberts
• Modern Diplomacy, R.P. Barnston

Duty in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of duty.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• duty in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• duty in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Duty

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Duty :

1. A legal requirement to carry out or refrain from carrying out any act.

Compare power.

2. A payment levied by the state, particularly on certain goods and transactions. Examples are *customs duty, *excise duty, and *stamp duty.

United States Tax Concept of Customs or Import Duty

A tariff or tax charged when a product is imported into a country. Some countries have customs duties but no income tax.

United States Tax Concept of Customs or Import Duty

A tariff or tax charged when a product is imported into a country. Some countries have customs duties but no income tax.