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Correlation

Reciprocal relation corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law capacity of being converted into or of giving place to one another under certain conditions as the correlation of forces or of zymotic diseases...

Correlatively

In a correlative relation...

Correlativeness

Quality of being correlative...

Obligation

Obligation, an act which binds a person to some performance; also a bond containing a penalty, with a condition annexed for paying of money at a certain time, or for the performance of a covenant, etc.; also foreign government and other bonds and debentures.In Bhudeb Mookerjee v. Kalachand Malik, 34 Cal LJ 315: AIR 1921 Cal 129, that the word obligation in s. 54 of the Specific Relief Act may be taken to be a tie or bond which constrains a person to do or suffer something. It implies a right in another person to which it is correlated and it restricts the freedom of the obligee with respect to definite acts and forbearances but in order that it may be enforced by a court, it must be a legal obligation and not merely moral, social or religious, Hyderabad Stock Exchange Ltd. v. Rangnath Rathi and Co., AIR 1958 AP 43 (47). [Specific Relief Act, 1877, s. 54]Means 'a duty; the bond of legal necessity which binds together two or more determinate individuals. It is limited to legal duties ari...