DUTY
A legal obligation that entails mandatory conduct
or performance. With respect to the laws relating
to CUSTOMS DUTIES, a tax owed to the govern-
ment for the import or export of goods.
A fiduciary, such as an executor or trustee,
who occupies a position of confidence in rela-
tion to a third person, owes such person a duty
to render services, provide care, or perform cer-
tain acts on his or her behalf.
In the context of NEGLIGENCE cases, a per-
son has a duty to comport himself or herself
in a particular manner with respect to another
