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Criminal Evidence Act

person charged with an offence and his or her wife or husband became a competent, but not a compellable, witness for the defence at every stage of the proceedings. The Evidence Acts, 1851 and 1853, whichmade parties

compulsion

compulsion 1 : an act of compelling (as by threat or intimidation) ;specif : coercion [a payment exacted by lawless "E. A. Farnsworth and W.

benefit

serves to limit a person's liability benefit of dis·cus·sion : the right of a surety being sued to compel the suing creditor to sue the principal first benefit of di·vi·sion : the right of a surety being

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injunction

from in- in + jungere to join] : an equitable remedy in the form of a court order compelling a party to do or refrain from doing a specified act compare cease-and-desist order at order, damage declaratory

Compulsion

The act of compelling or the state of being compelled the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or

Begar

there can be no doubt that it is a form of forced labour under which a person is compelled to work without receiving any remuneration. Molesworth describes 'begar' as 'labour or service extracted by a govern-ment or

Lex nil frustra facit

Lex nil frustra facit [Lat.], the law does nothing in vain.The law will not attempt to do or compel one to do, an act which would be vain.

Jury process

are summoned and their attendance is enforced. (2) The papers served on or mailed to potential jurors to compel their attendance, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 862. Jury process, the writ for the summoning of a

Jus cogens

Jus cogens, means compelling law. A mandatory norm of general international law from which no two or more nations may exempt themselves

Kidnapping for ransom

may be put to death or hurt, or causes hurt or death to such person in order to compel the government or any foreign State or International inter-governmental organisation or any person to do or abstain from

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