Compulsion - Law Dictionary Search Results
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compulsion 1 : an act of compelling (as by threat or intimidation) ;specif : coercion [a payment exacted by lawless "E. A. Farnsworth and W. F. Young"] 2 : the state of being compelled ;specif : duress NOTE: Compulsion can make a contract voidable or be a ground for damages or restitution. Compulsion may also be a defense to a criminal act. ...
business compulsion
business compulsion : economic duress ...
Compulsatively
By compulsion...
Compulsive
Having power to compel exercising or applying compulsion...
Compulsively
By compulsion by force...
Testimonial compulsion
Testimonial compulsion, connotes coercion which produces the positive volitional evidentiary acts of the person, as opposed to the negative attitude of silence or submission on his part, Subedar v. State, AIR 1957 All 396: 1957 All LJ 263...
privilege
privilege [Latin privilegium law affecting a specific person, special right, from privus private + leg- lex law] 1 : a right, license, or exemption from duty or liability granted as a special benefit, advantage, or favor: as a : an exemption from liability where an action is deemed to be justifiable (as in the case of self-defense) or because of the requirements of a position or office ;also : the affirmative defense that an action is privileged compare excuse absolute privilege : a privilege that exempts a person from liability esp. for defamation regardless of intent or motive ;specif : a privilege that exempts high public officials (as legislators) from liability for statements made while acting in their official capacity without regard to intent or malice qualified privilege : a privilege esp. in the law of defamation that may be defeated esp. by a showing of actual malice called also conditional privilege b : an exemption from a requirement to disclose information (as fo...
Duress
Duress [fr. duresse, Fr.; durities, Lat., constraint], imprisonment, compulsion.Duress is either by imprisonment or by threats. In order to constitute duress by imprisonment, either the imprisonment or the duress consequent upon it must be tortious and unlawful.By the Common Law, a contract made during duress is not void, but voidable; and the person upon whom it is practised may avail himself of the duress as a special defence to an action thereupon at any time. But the person who has employed the force cannot allege it as a defence, if the contract be insisted upon by the other.Where a person is not a free agent, and is not able to protect himself, the Court will protect him, and will set aside a contract made under duress. Circumstances also of extreme necessity and distress of the party, although not accompanied by the direct restraint or duress, may, in like manner, so entirely overcome his free agency as to justify the Court in setting aside a contract made by him on account of s...
addiction
addiction : compulsive physiological need for a habit-forming drug (as heroin) ...
compulsory
compulsory 1 : required or compelled by law : mandatory obligatory [ arbitration] [ insurance] ;specif : required to be brought or asserted in a pleading because of having arisen from the transaction or occurrence that is the subject of litigation [a counterclaim] [ reconvention] compare elective, permissive 2 : using compulsion : compelling [ measures] com·pul·so·ri·ly [-sə-rə-lē] adv ...
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