Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun legal_duty

1 sense of legal duty

Sense 1
legal duty -- (acts which the law requires be done or forborne)
       => duty, responsibility, obligation -- (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr)