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obligor:
(16c)

1. Someone who has undertaken an obligation; a promisor or debtor. UCC § 9-102(a)(59).

2. Under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, any person who owes a duty of support.

3. Archaic. Someone who obliges another to do something; OBLIGEE (1). [1]

1. A promisor.  One who has incurred an obligation to another.  The person, natural or artificial, liable on a bond.  Within the meaning of the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act: — any person owing a duty of support. Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act § 2(g). [2]

1. The person who owes an obligation to another; a promisor. [3]

Specific Types of Obligors:

principal obligor – someone who is under a duty of indemnity.

joint obligor – person liable with one or more others on a negotiable instrument or a contract; a person liable on a joint obligation or a joint and several obligation. — aka coobligor.