Compelled - Law Dictionary Search Results
Commandeer
To compel to perform military service to seize for military purposes orig used of the Boers
Contribution
arises between sureties, who are bound for the same principal, when, upon his default, one of them is compelled to pay the money, or to perform any other obligation for which they all became bound; the surety
Distringas
cases in which it was used in Common Law proceedings may be thus stated:- (1) a distringas to compel appearance, where defendant had a place of residence within England or Wales. The writ was abolished by the
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Enforcement
Enforcement, means to impose or compel obedience to law or to compel observance of law, S.M.D. Kiran Pasha v. Govt. of A.P., (1990) 1
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
Magna Carta
destroying his tenants, a plain indication of the wretched condition of the serfs in those days; chapter five compelled such guardians to keep in repair such lands; and chapter six, that such heirs should be married without
Partition
577. Partition, the act of dividing. Before 1926 all co-owners of land might make partition, and coparceners were compellable to do so by Common Law (English). Co-owners, other than coparcener or copy-holders, were compellable to make partition
Reasonable
and bona fide requirement is something in between a mere desire or wish on one hand and a compelling or dire or absolute necessity at the other--Such need maybe a present need or within reasonable proximity in
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,
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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