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moderate force

moderate force see force ...


force

force 1 : a cause of motion, activity, or change intervening force : a force that acts after another's negligent act or omission has occurred and that causes injury to another : intervening cause at cause irresistible force : an unforeseeable event esp. that prevents performance of an obligation under a contract : force majeure 2 : a body of persons available for a particular end [the labor ] ;specif : police force usually used with the 3 : violence, compulsion, or constraint exerted upon or against a person or thing constructive force : the use of threats or intimidation for the purpose of gaining control over or preventing resistance from another dead·ly force : force that is intended to cause or that carries a substantial risk of causing death or serious bodily injury compare nondeadly force in this entry NOTE: As a general rule, deadly force may be used without incurring criminal or tort liability when one reasonably believes that one's life or safety is in da...


Moderately

In a moderate manner or degree to a moderate extent...


Moderateness

The quality or state of being moderate temperateness moderation...


Moderable

Moderate temperate...


Moderance

Moderation...


Moderation

The act of moderating or of imposing due restraint...


Moderator

One who or that which moderates restrains or pacifies...


Moderator

Moderator, a president or chairman.--defined. [Aligarh Muslim University Act, s. 33(3)]...


Rerum suarum, quilibet est moderator et arbiter

Rerum suarum, quilibet est moderator et arbiter (Co. Litt. 233a), everyone is the manager and judge of his own affairs....


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