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en-wikipedia-org-6574		Duty - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1925	186	66	A duty (from "due" meaning "that which is owing"; Old French: deu, did, past participle of devoir; Latin: debere, debitum, whence "debt") is a commitment or expectation to perform some action in general or if certain circumstances arise. A duty may arise from a system of ethics or morality, especially in an honor culture. Many duties are created by law, sometimes including a codified punishment or liability for non-performance. Civic duty[edit] Legal duties[edit] Filial duty[edit] In most cultures, children are expected to take on duties in relation to their families. Michael Peletz discusses the concept of duty in his book Gender, Sexuality, and Body Politics in Modern Asia: In an arranged marriage relating to duty, it is expected that the wife will move in with the husband's family and household to raise their children. Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6574.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6574.txt