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unfair labor practice

practices that are specified in the National Labor Relations Act are the following: 1) the interference, restraint, or coercion of employees in the exercise of their rights by an employer; 2) domination of a labor organization by

Husband and wife

except treason, or murder, or manslaughter, in her husband' presence, the law presumed that she acted under his coercion and excused her, which presumption of coercion was abolished by the Criminal Justice Act, 1925 (15 & 16

Personal liberty

to personal liberty means in substance a person's right not to be subjected to imprisonment, arrest or physical coercion in any manner that does not admit of legal justification; secured by the strict maintenance of the principle

Coverture

(1871) 12 Cox CC 45]. The Criminal Justice Act, 1925 (c. 86), s. 47, abolishes this presumption of coercion by the husband, but on a charge for any offence other than treason or murder, it shall be

Free consent

Free consent, defined, Consent is said to be free when it is not caused by-- (1) coercion, as defined in s. 15, or (2) undue influence, as defined in s. 16, or (3) fraud, as

Organised crime

syndicate or on behalf of such syndicate, by use of violence or threat of violence or intimidation or coercion, or other unlawful means, with the objective of pecuniary benefits, or gaining undue economic or other advantage for

Voluntarily

had reason to believe to be likely to cause it. (Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 39) Intentionally; without coercion, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1569. The crux of making statement voluntarily is, what is intentional, intended,

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