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Order

a payment of money, to enforce obedience to justice, and compel that which is right to be performed. An order in

District

The circuit or territory within which a person may be compelled to appear; (2) Circuit of authority; province. See [Constitution of

Duces tecum, subp'na

or if it be his title-deed, the Court will not compel him to produce it. If the witness, instead of bringing

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Equality of the statute

be given their 'literal' or 'ordinary' meaning unless there are compelling reasons, recognised by canons of construction, to the contrary, Authorised

Equity of redemption

repayment of the loan within the strict time, is nevertheless compelled to reconvey the legal estate to the mortgagor, who applies

Impressing men

Impressing men, compelling persons to serve in the Navy. This practice was allowed

Executor

formation of the state of the property he cannot be compelled to pay a legacy within that period, even in a

Exhibition

Paroch.Antiq. 304. In Scots law it is an action for compelling the production of writings.

Extent

debtor may all be taken at once, in order to compel the payment of the debt. It is not usual, however,

Fild-ale, or Filk-ale

officers of the forest, and of bailiffs of hundreds, of compelling persons to contribute to the supplying them with drink etc.,

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