designed for occasional or moderate service only —used of a tool or a machine / capable of being done by a light-duty device / (of a vehicle) designed to carry fairly light loads

naval service at land bases

Alternative form of dutybound

(law) A legal requirement in some jurisdictions that a threatened individual cannot harm another in self-defense when it is possible instead to retreat to a place of safety.

plural of duty to retreat

plural of feu-duty

(Scotland, property law, historical) Money payable by the tenant of a feu to the feudal superior.

Alternative form of feu duty.

plural of excise duty

Synonym of excise tax.