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Compellable

Capable of being compelled or constrained

Coercive

Serving or intended to coerce having power to constrain

Coactive

Serving to compel or constrain compulsory restrictive

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opinion

administrative agencies and by some state courts. Federal courts are constrained by the U.S. Constitution to deciding only cases or controversies

jus cogens

jus cogens [New Latin, literally, constraining law] : a principle of international law that is based

free

be free 2 : to relieve or rid of what constrains, confines, restricts, or burdens

free

be free 2 : to relieve or rid of what constrains, confines, restricts, or burdens

enjoin

enjoin [Anglo-French enjoindre to impose, constrain, from Old French, from Latin injungere to attach, impose, from

bind

Friedenthal et al."] 2 : to exert control over : constrain by legal authority [this court is bound by precedent] 3

Obligation

may be taken to be a tie or bond which constrains a person to do or suffer something. It implies a

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