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

wretched condition of the serfs in those days; chapter five compelled such guardians to keep in repair such lands; and chapter

a mere desire or wish on one hand and a compelling or dire or absolute necessity at the other--Such need maybe

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all co-owners of land might make partition, and coparceners were compellable to do so by Common Law (English). Co-owners, other than

dis·cus·sion : the right of a surety being sued to compel the suing creditor to sue the principal first benefit of

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

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

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

attributed a meaning to give force or effect to; to compel obedience to (Black Law Dictionary) see also Hameed Joharan v.

(1849) 18 LJ Ex 366; but the Railway Commissioners may compel a company to act as carriers; and some special Acts,

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