1 courts are obliged to act in accordance with the strict rules of the law | he was obliged to resign:
require, compel, bind, make, constrain, obligate, force, put under an obligation, leave someone no option, impel, coerce, pressure, pressurize.
2 will you oblige me by filling in this form?:
do someone a favour, do someone a kindness, do someone a service, accommodate, indulge, gratify, gratify the wishes of, help, assist, serve, humour, meet the wants/needs of, put oneself out for;