拒绝履行义务 meaning in English

refuse to perform duty
repudiate an obligation

" defense " as used in this law means refusal by a person liable for a negotiable instrument to perform his obligations to the creditor in accordance with the provisions of this law
本法所称抗辩，是指票据债务人根据本法规定对票据债权人拒绝履行义务的行为。
“ the execution of civil procedural law also is named as the forced execution is the activities of law and procedure that the enforcement body compels the parties who refuse to perform their obligations to fulfill their duties and realizes the content of effective documents of law by taking the measures of compulsory execution . all of these rights of enforcement body comes from the public power of country and also is based on the effective documents of civil law . ” the importance of civil procedural law is when the debtor refuses to fulfill the duty , if there isn ’ t a compulsory mechanism to force the debtor to fulfill the duty , the legal document will mean nothing
“民事执行也称强制执行,是执行机构以生效民事法律文书为依据,依法运用国家公权力,采取强制性的执行措施,迫使拒不履行义务的当事人履行义务,实现生效法律文书内容的法律活动与程序”民事执行程序重要性最为直观的体现是,当债务人拒绝履行义务时,如果没有一种强制性的机制迫使债务人履行义务,法律文书就是一纸空文。