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compelling state interest

Matched in: Term compelling state interest

Compelled testimony

Compelled testimony, 'compelled testimony' as evidence procured not merely by physical threats or violence but by psychic torture, atmospheric

Impressing men

Impressing men, compelling persons to serve in the Navy. This practice was allowed at Common Law [see Ex parte Fox, (1793)

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Cogent

Compelling in a physical sense powerful

Coactive

Serving to compel or constrain compulsory restrictive

Cloud compeller

Cloud gatherer an epithet applied to Zeus

Enforced

Compelled forced not voluntary

Commandeer

To compel to perform military service to seize for military purposes orig used of the Boers

Compellatory

Serving to compel compulsory

goaded

compelled forcibly by an outside agency as mobs goaded by blind hatred

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