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Meaning of duty in English
Examples of duty
duty
This exchangeable end effector permits the robot to perform more complex duties.
To be sure, it is an extension of ordinary usage to use 'duty' here, but analytically it is correct.
The users of the water invested the communal power with the duty of protecting them against usurpers' efforts to divert the water.
Servants were gradually replaced by other types of labour with work duties as crofters or different types of paid workers.
They could be full-time content developers, or they could work part-time alongside other teaching or research duties.
It tends to distract faculty into emphasizing profitable research and to neglect their teaching duties.
Since a claim is a duty owed particularly to the person, the unfairness is plainly suffered by that person.
The duty of a judge to apply applicable rules would thus be indeterminate-it would obtain in some cases and not in others.
Negative duties thus appear considerably less liberty-limiting than positive duties.
Thus, strict liability violates the correlativity of duty and right at the heart of corrective justice.
Thus states have special duties to allow minorities to speak their own language and to send their children to the school of their choice.
Although she ultimately returns his love, duty and glory take precedence.
Ultimately, as we shall see, property owners would, indeed, be found to have a duty to the general public to protect their property from harm.
Procedural rules, unlike substantial rules, they do not confer rights or duties, but organise their assignment.
A heavy-duty mobile manipulator while carrying a load, experiencing a force, or operating on uneven terrain needs to maintain its balance.
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Collocations with duty
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In other words, the remedy for the breach of duty must reflect the content of the duty.
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Translations of duty
in Chinese (Traditional)
責任, 義務, 稅…
in Chinese (Simplified)
责任, 义务, 税…
in Spanish
deber, impuesto, impuestos…
in Portuguese
dever, responsabilidade [feminine], obrigação [feminine]…
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काहीतरी जे आपल्याला करावे लागेल कारण ते आपल्या कामाचा भाग आहे किंवा असे काहीतरी जे करणे आपल्याला योग्य वाटते…
devoir [masculine], fonction [feminine], droits [masculine…
அது உங்கள் வேலையின் ஒரு பகுதி என்பதால் நீங்கள் செய்ய வேண்டிய ஒன்று, அல்லது நீங்கள் செய்ய வேண்டிய சரியான விஷயம் என்று நீங்கள் நினைக்கக்கூடிய ஒன்று…
plikt, åliggande, uppgift…
die Pflicht, die Aufgabe, der Zoll…
plikt [masculine], forpliktelse [masculine], oppgave [masculine]…
обов'язок, мито, гербовий збір…
విధి, ఇది మీ ఉద్యోగంలో భాగమైనందున మీరు చేయవలసినది లేదా మీరు చేయవలసిన పని సరైనదని మీరు భావించే పని…
หน้าที่, หน้าที่รับผิดชอบ, ภาษีศุลกากร…
nhiệm vụ, trách nhiệm, phận sự…
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