obligee

[ ob-li-jee ]

noun

1. Law.
   1. a person to whom another is obligated or bound.
   2. a person to whom a bond is given.
2. a person who is under obligation for a favor, service, or benefit.

obligee

/ ˌɒblɪˈdʒiː /

noun

1. a person in whose favour an obligation, contract, or bond is created; creditor
2. a person who receives a bond

Word History and Origins

Origin of obligee¹

First recorded in 1565–75; oblige + -ee

Example Sentences

“Further, no potential obligee of the fund benefits from this growth of the fund as the state has not defaulted, and will not default, on any payment of an obligation to return claimed property.”

From Washington Times

Il importe que nous soyons d’accord sur cette question avant de prendre une décision définitive relativement à l’alimentation en courant alternatif et je vous serais très obligée de me dire votre opinion.

From Scientific American

In many cases the words also connote actions which would be done under certain contingencies by persons other than those denoted: as the words mortgagor and mortgagee, obligor and obligee, and many other words expressive of legal relation, which connote what a court of justice would do to enforce the legal obligation if not fulfilled.

From Project Gutenberg

Bond is the agreement by the obligor of a contract to pay a certain forfeit to the obligee, if the former does not perform his contract or does not perform it before a certain date.

From Project Gutenberg

Its design is to secure that the obligor, i.e. the person giving the bond, will either pay a sum of money, or do or refrain from doing some act; and for this purpose the obligor binds himself in a penalty to the obligee, with a condition added that, if the obligor pays the sum secured—which is usually half the penalty—or does or refrains from doing the specified act, the bond shall be void: otherwise it shall remain in full force.

From Project Gutenberg