Duty

Definition - Noun
[Anglo-French deuté indebtedness, obligation, from deu owing, due, from Old French see due]
1  : tasks, service, or functions that arise from one's position <performing a police officer's duties>
also
: a period of being on duty
see also jury duty
2  : an obligation assumed (as by contract) or imposed by law to conduct oneself in conformance with a certain standard or to act in a particular way <~ of good faith> <a ~ to warn of danger>
see also public duty doctrine special duty doctrine



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