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Railway

is permissive only, Johnson v. Midland Ry. Co., (1849) 18 LJ Ex 366; but the Railway Commissioners may compel a company to act as carriers; and some special Acts, e.g., that of the Great Northern Railway Company

Petition of Right

various statutes by which their rights and privileges were recognized, they prayed the king 'that no man be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or suchlike charge, without common consent by Act of

Enforce

Enforce, has been attributed a meaning to give force or effect to; to compel obedience to (Black Law Dictionary) see also Hameed Joharan v. Abdul Salam, (2001) 7 SCC 573. In general,

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Subp'na

the Civil and Canon Laws. There are several kinds of subp'na. At Common Law there are two to compel the attendance of witnesses:- (1) Subp'na ad testificandum, the common subp'na, which is personally served upon a witness,

Uses

of the transaction from converting such a use into a legal right to the land, and equity, therefore, compels the trustee, who retains the legal estate notwithstanding the statute, to perform the duty confided in him. And

Witness

his evidence. See OATH and AFFIRMATION. In civil cases, as a rule, husband and wife are competent and compellable witnesses against each other [Evidence Amendment Act, 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 83), s. 1], but husbands

Lex non cogit ad impossibilia

Lex non cogit ad impossibilia. Hob. 96.--(The law does not compel to impossibilities.) see IMPOSSIBILITY. The law does not compel to imopossible ends. See State of Rajasthan v. Shamsher

Strike

to employ any number of persons employed by him inconsequence of a dispute, done with a view to compelling persons employed by him to accept terms or conditions or conditions of or affecting employment; a strike or

Discovery

Discovery, revealing or disclosing matter. The Courts of Common Law were originally unable to compel a litigant to disclose any fact resting merely within his knowledge, or discover any document in his power,

compulsory

compulsory 1 : required or compelled by law : mandatory obligatory [ arbitration] [ insurance] ;specif : required to be brought or asserted in

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