doctrine of obligation

doctrine of obligation. English law. The rule that if a foreign court of competent jurisdiction has adjudicated a certain sum to be due from one person to another, the liability to pay that sum becomes a legal obligation enforceable domestically by a debt action. • Once the plaintiff proves the judgment, the burden shifts to the defendant to show why the obligation should not be performed. The doctrine was established by Baron Parke in Russell v. Smyth, 9 M. & W. 810, 819 (1842). — Often shortened to obligation.

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