Compulsion - Law Dictionary Search Results
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
privilege
privilege against self-incrimination : a privilege under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protecting a person from compulsion to make self-incriminating statements re·port·er's privilege : a privilege protecting a reporter from compulsion to reveal information acquired
May presume and shall presume
'shall be presumed' is employed in s. 20(1) of the Act it must have the same import of compulsion, M. Narsinga Rao v. State of A.P., AIR 2001 SC 318 (321): (2001) 1 SCC 691 [Indian Evidence
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Force majeure
Force majeure, irresistible compulsion, coercion diplomatically recognized as irresistible, Concise Oxford Dict. Compare ACT OF GOD; RESTRAINT OF PRINCES. An event or
Forced labour
imprisonment or fine in case the employee fails to provide labour or service or it may even be compulsion arising from hunger and poverty, want and destitution. Any factor which deprives a person of a choice of
Hiring
Hiring, in the Hiring, there is a creation of relationship of landlord and tenant, and the element of compulsion is inherent in such arrangement. On the other hand, in requisition the properties are taken out of the
Knighthood
union of chivalry with the feudal system, and the decay of both, gave rise to knight-service and the compulsion of landowners to become knights or pay a fine, but by 16 Car. 1, c. 20, no man
May and must
reasons stated, it should in the context in which it appears, mean 'must'. There is an element of compulsion. It is a power coupled with a duty, State (Delhi Admn.) v. I.K. Nangia, AIR 1979 SC 1977
May be accepted as evidence
May be accepted as evidence, indicate that there is no compulsion on the court to accept such transaction as evidence, but it is open to the court to treat
Voluntarily
given time predominates in the heart of the confessor which implies him to speak out the truth. Internal compulsion of the conscience to speak out the truth normally emerges when one is in despondency or in perilous
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