Conscription
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Conscription. Compulsory enrolment of men (usually infixed numbers and of fixed ages) for military service, practised by the Romans and from early times in France and other European countries. A species of conscription long existed under the Militia Acts, now suspended by the temporary Militia Ballot Suspension Act, 1865. See MILITIA. During the Great War compulsory military service was imposed: the first Act was the (English) Military Service Act, 1916; for subsequent war legislation extending compulsory military service, see Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Army.'
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