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compulsory

compulsory 1 : required or compelled by law : mandatory obligatory [ arbitration] [ insurance] ;specif

an equitable remedy in the form of a court order compelling a party to do or refrain from doing a specified

a form of forced labour under which a person is compelled to work without receiving any remuneration. Molesworth describes 'begar' as

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her wife or husband became a competent, but not a compellable, witness for the defence at every stage of the proceedings.

were recognized, they prayed the king 'that no man be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or

into a legal right to the land, and equity, therefore, compels the trustee, who retains the legal estate notwithstanding the statute,

The act of compelling or the state of being compelled the act of driving

cases, as a rule, husband and wife are competent and compellable witnesses against each other [Evidence Amendment Act, 1853 (16 &

in a convincing manner in a manner to compel assent

quota of capacity and incapacities, but it does not directly compel the holder to do or refrain from doing any particular

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