Meaning of 課せられた


Reading the definition of 任務 from 明鏡国語辞典, I found:

> その人に **課せられた** 、果たさなくてはならないつとめ。

This seems like 課す (which means to impose a task or tax) in potential and
passive form, but I dont understand who it is that is supposed to "be able to
課す". Could someone explain?

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I found a definition for 課せられる in
[weblio](https://www.weblio.jp/content/%E8%AA%B2%E3%81%9B%E3%82%89%E3%82%8C%E3%82%8B#:%7E:text=%E4%B8%BB%E3%81%AB%E3%80%81%E6%9E%9C%E3%81%9F%E3%81%99%E3%81%B9%E3%81%8D%E3%82%82%E3%81%AE,%E3%81%AA%E3%81%A9%E3%82%92%E6%84%8F%E5%91%B3%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B%E8%A1%A8%E7%8F%BE%E3%80%82)
which I understand.

> 主に、果たすべきものとして引き受けさせられること、(責任・責務を負わせられること、などを意味する表現。)

Does this have any relationship with 課す, or should I just learn 課せられる as it's
own thing?




課せられた here is the passive form of 課す. There's no actor who performs it and we
are not even conscious of him when we only hear that sentense.

You can just think of it that "The person has a duty" or something like that.




課せられた here is the passive form of 課す. There's no actor who performs it and we
are not even conscious of him when we only hear that sentense.

You can just think of it that "The person has a duty" or something like that.

