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Catholic Dictionary

Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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LEGAL DUTY

An obligation to obey a positive law, especially civil law, but ont arising from man's nature or from divine revelation. It is binding in legal justice only.

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