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noun- The person to whom another is bound, or the person to whom a bond is given

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  • Historic nobility and royalty mostly understood the concept of noblesse obligee and ruling with the consent of the governed.
  • Unlike natural duties, special obligations are grounded on something other than (or, in addition to) the intrinsic nature of the obligee.
  • Two is the deficit, which is getting larger and is piling up debt for the next decades, and it ' s not easy for obligor to try to teach the obligee.
  • States should look at ways to work towards increasing compliance in the same manner — parents who can pay something should be ordered to do so, not what a one-size-fits-none...
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