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Instances of declaration of obligation are characterized by formal acts of recognition of a state of obligation between one party and another party for a certain measurable amount of goods.

Instances of this class comprise official acts undertaken following formal procedures within a social grouping leading to formal recognition of an obligation status between two actors. The substance of declaration of obligation is an intentional, social act.

Instances of ZE27 Declaration of Obligation come about when the specific social procedure required is intentionally and successfully enacted according to the prevalent rules. They end with the successful termination of the act or because of its premature termination.

A successful act of ZE27 Declaration of Obligation leads to the generation of an instance of ZE28 Obligation Status, the institutional fact that thereafter holds between two actors until it has been abrogated.

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