impose an obligation

There is no need to impose an obligation on individual vessels.

In some cultures, marriage imposes an obligation on women to bear children.

It would be absurd to impose an obligation on the company for some who got the flu years after using the ball.

These are terrible things to be going on in the 21st century, and they impose an obligation upon us.

Another standard imposes an obligation to make public disclosures of campaign contributions within five days.

The law responds to each of them by imposing an obligation to pay compensatory damages.

The court's decision imposes an obligation on the municipality.

I would like this to be legislation that confers rights, rather than imposing an obligation on one parent.

Note that the court can only impose an obligation on a responsible person with that person's consent.

Investigative detentions do not impose an obligation on the detained individual to answer questions posed by the police.

The court concluded that "both the Constitution and international instruments impose an obligation on our country to protect the institution of marriage."

But sometimes when an employee has a mental disability, the law now imposes an obligation to take that into account."

Other courts have apparently interpreted demand to impose an obligation on the detainee to comply.

We do not oppose Article 52, which imposes an obligation on the State to maintain a dialogue with faith groups.

The implied term imposing an obligation on the employee after the termination of his employment was more restricted.

A doctor who declared a thing to be prohibited by the law was said to bind, for thereby he imposed an obligation on the conscience.

The court unanimously held that the Charter does not impose an obligation to ensure duty counsel is available upon arrest.

In so doing you have admittedly also imposed an obligation upon the bodies and institutions of the European Union to review their practices.

The partnership agreement will usually (Clause 13.03) impose an obligation on partners promptly to discharge their private debts.

The Ministry imposes an obligation on beneficiaries to receive workers it has deemed qualified to participate in projects.

Some courts have recognized a distinction authorizing police to demand identifying information and specifically imposing an obligation of a suspect to respond.

Fourteen states grant police authority to ask questions, with varying wording, but do not explicitly impose an obligation to respond:

Naturally the Commission imposes an obligation on those people who have received a European subsidy to publicise the fact adequately.

That marriage penalty imposes an obligation on some 800,000 New Jersey couples by forcing them to pay $1,400 per year in higher federal taxes.

They remove the option for Member States to impose an obligation to notify on consumers as a condition for being able to exercise their rights.