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Quotation dates: 1724-1754, 1830, 1882-1927
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OBLIGANT, n. Sc. Law: One who binds himself or is legally bound by a contract, bond, or some other obligation, the obligor (Sc. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 685, 1946 A. D. Gibb Legal Terms 60). [′oblɪgənt]Sc. 1724 Session Papers, Fergusson v. Cumming (12 Jan.) 5:
An Obligation in Favours of the Obligant.Sc. 1754 Erskine Principles iii. iii. § 22:
Where one is bound as full debtor with and for the principal, or conjunctly and severally with him, the two obligants are bound equally in the same obligation, each in solidum.Sc. c.1830 H. Cockburn Memoirs (1872) 330:
The other obligants withdrew their names from the bond.Sc. 1882 Times (28 Jan.) 11:
£25,658 has been paid to the creditors by other obligants.Sc. 1927 Gloag and Henderson Intro. Law Scot. 24:
The obligation may be of a negative character, and the obligant may be constrained to forbear from some action or course of action.
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