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obligant, a. and n.|ˈɒblɪgənt|
[ad. L. obligānt-em, pr. pple. of obligāre to oblige.]
†A. adj. That obliges or binds, obligatory. Obs.
1624F. White Repl. Fisher 525 Fit to be done, but not obligant. Ibid., All the Precepts thereof are perpetually obligant.
B. n. Sc. Law. One who binds himself, or is legally bound, to pay or perform something.
1754Erskine Princ. Sc. Law (1809) 328 One of several obligants of this sort, who pays the whole debt, or fulfils the obligation, is entitled to a proportional relief against the rest. 1821–30Ld. Cockburn Mem. vi. (1874) 330 The other obligants withdrew their names from the bond. 1861W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 596/2 The debtor, whom the English term the obligor, is in Scotland termed the obligant or granter. 1882Times 28 Jan. 11/2, {pstlg}25,658 has been paid to creditors by other obligants. |