Compelling Reasons - Law Dictionary Search Results
Uses
into a legal right to the land, and equity, therefore, compels the trustee, who retains the legal estate notwithstanding the statute, … would be ineffective to pass the legal estate for the reasons before mentioned. (5) So it was rule of law that
Strike
him inconsequence of a dispute, done with a view to compelling persons employed by him to accept terms or conditions or … be calculated to coerce the Government unless such coercion ought reasonably be expected as a consequence thereof. As to the legality
Tenure
tenants were esteemed highly privileged, for they could not be compelled to relinquish their lands at the will of their superior, … plough lands, that is, as much land as could be reasonably ploghed in one year by twelve ploughs, or, accord-ing to
inquiry
by a body (as a legislative committee) with power to compel testimony on inquiry : having notice that inquiry should be … a request for information [such doubt as would cause a reasonable person to make an ] 2 : a systematic official
interest
as a : a principle, purpose, or object of concern compelling state interest : a governmental interest (as in educating children … from governmental intrusion into matters in which one has a reasonable expectation of privacy [we have no privacy interest protected by
Bastard
1930 (c. 17), but see AFFILIATION. The father may be compelled to contribute towards the cost of relief by a (English) … 1873 (c. 9), s. 5). A bastard is not by reason of illegitimacy prevented from being a 'dependant' within the meaning
Cheap trains
trains. Early in the history of railways the companies were compelled by the (English) Railway Regulation Act, 1844 (7 & 8 … company to provide proper accommodation at such fares, and also reasonable accommodation for workmen going to and returning from their work.
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 … produce it in evidence, unless he has some lawful or reasonable excuse for withholding it, of the validity of which excuse
Equity
obligations of the suitors; and by adjudicating in personam, may compel specific performance (see that title) of a contract where law … not according to their strict letter, but rather in their reasonable and benignant spirit. Aristotle, in his discussion concerning Moral Equity,
Executor
formation of the state of the property he cannot be compelled to pay a legacy within that period, even in a … even then without an indemnity, if there be the least reason to apprehend that there are debts or claims outstanding. This
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