legal duty

English Thesaurus

1. acts which the law requires be done or forborne (noun.act)

hypernym	:	duty, obligation, responsibility,
definition	:	the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force (noun.act)

hyponym	:	fiduciary duty,
definition	:	the legal duty of a fiduciary to act in the best interests of the beneficiary (noun.act)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)