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legal duty

legal duty noun: a duty prescribed by the law, to act or forbear from acting.

Noun

legal duty (plural legal duties)

  1. (idiomatic) A duty prescribed by the law, to act or forbear from acting.
    • I've done my legal duty.

legal duty meaning in Tamil

legal duty in Tamil

சட்டக் கடமை, சட்டக்கடமை

Forms of legal duty

plurallegal duties

Questions about legal duty

What does legal duty mean?
Legal duty means a duty prescribed by the law, to act or forbear from acting.
What is legal duty in Tamil?
Legal duty in Tamil is சட்டக் கடமை, சட்டக்கடமை. See Legal duty meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is legal duty?
Legal duty is a noun.
What is the plural of legal duty?
The plural of legal duty is legal duties.

Words near legal duty in the dictionary

  1. legal doctrine
  2. legal doctrines
  3. legal doublet
  4. legal doublets
  5. legal duties
  6. legal duty
  7. legal eagle
  8. legal eagles
  9. legal effect
  10. legal effect and consequence
  11. legal effects

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Adapted from Wiktionary: legal duty (page history and authors); legal duty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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