bindingness
- noun
- /ˈbaɪndɪŋnəs/
- Formal
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obligatoriedad
- The lawyer explained the legal bindingness of the contract to her client, emphasizing its enforceability.
- bindingness of the moral
Examples
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In order to mitigate the charge of circularity or question-begging, the bindingness of the moral law needs to be accepted as both legitimate and incapable of an independent, nonmoral justification.
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The immediate bindingness of the moral law can serve as the unquestionable foundation.
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Immaterial to the legal bindingness of it, I assure you.
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The first is that it seems to beg the question by assuming (the bindingness of the moral law) what the argument sets out to prove (the validity of Kant's a priori concepts of morality).
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On the surface, however, it looks as if Kant has simply taken the bindingness of the moral law as a brute, indemonstrable given, even if he insists that the Factum is given as neither an intellectual intuition nor an empirical matter of fact.
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The committee discussed the bindingness of the agreement, ensuring that all parties understood their obligations.
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Many people question the bindingness of moral laws, wondering if they should be followed without exception.
Synonyms
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4.9
Legal force that makes a document or agreement binding
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6.5
How easily a rule or agreement can be made to work by the courts
The quality of having authority that makes people follow rules
How acceptable and effective something is under the law
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Morphology
Etymology
Bindingness comes from the old verb bind, which means 'to tie', plus the ending -ness that makes it a 'quality'. Think of a legal agreement as a strong tie or 'bond' between people, so bindingness is the quality of being legally or morally required.