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• Obligation


  Derived from the Latin word obligatio which means tying or binding. It is a tie or bond recognized by law by virtue of which one is bound in favor of another to render something and this may consist in giving a thing, doing a certain act, or not doing a certain act.
• juridical necessity


  the court has the power to order the performance of an obligation.
• Passive Subject (Debtor or Obligor)


  the person who is bound to the fulfillment of the obligation; he who has a duty.
• Active Subject (Creditor or Obligee)


  the person who is entitled to demand the fulfillment of the obligation; he who has a right.
• Prestation or Object (subject matter of the obligation)


  the conducts required to be observed by the debtor. It may consist in giving, doing, or not doing. Without prestation, there is nothing to perform.
• Juridical or Legal Tie (also called efficient Cause


  that which binds or connects the parties to the obligation.
• Obligations


  the act or performance which the law will enforce
• Right


  the power which a person has under the law, to demand from another any prestation.
• wrong


  an act or omission of one party in violation of the legal right or rights of another
• Real Obligation (obligation to give)


  is that in which the subject matter is a thing which the obligor must deliver to the obligee
• Personal obligations (obligation to do or not to do)


  is that in which the subject matter is an act to be done or not to be done.
• Positive Personal Obligations


  obligation to do or to render service.
• Negative Personal Obligations


  is obligation not to do (which naturally includes obligations "not to give”).
• To give

  This refers to the obligation to transfer ownership or possession of something to another party.
• To do

  This refers to the obligation to perform a specific action or task.
• Not to do

  This refers to the obligation to refrain from doing something, usually to avoid causing harm or violating rights