Unlawful Force - Law Dictionary Search Results
To enforce any right or supposed right
not be designated as an unlawful assembly if its object was to defend property by the use of force within the limits prescribed by law, State of Bihar v. Nathu Pandey, AIR 1970 SC 27: (1969) 2 … right, in order to attract the provisions of s. 149 the prosecution must establish that there was an unlawful assembly and that the crime was committed in prosecution of the common object of the assembly. The assertion
extort
+ torquere to twist] : to obtain (as money) from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or unlawful use of authority or power ex·tort·er n ex·tor·tive [-stȯr-tiv] adj
robbery
robberie roberie, from Old French, from rober to take something away from a person by force] : the unlawful taking away of personal property from a person by violence or by threat of violence that causes fear
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terror
terror : an intense fear of physical injury or death [inflict by forced entry or unlawful assembly] ;also : the infliction of such fear [an act of ] … terror : an intense fear of physical injury or death [inflict by forced entry or unlawful assembly] ;also : the infliction of such fear [an act of ]
Seduction
Seduction, means the offence that occurs when a man entices a woman of previously chaste character to have unlawful intercourse with him by means of persuasion, solicitation, promises or bribes, or other means not involving force, Black's
Right of private defence
of safety when faced with grave and imminent danger to their person or property as a result of unlawful aggression, nor are they expected, by use of force, to right the wrongs done to them or to
Marlebridge, Statute of
Marlebridge, Statute of, 52 Hen. 3, A.D. 1267, enacted at Marlebridge, now Marlborough, and principally directed against unlawful and excessive distresses, as to which it is still in force.
menace
inflict esp. physical harm [accomplished against a person's will by means of force,…, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury "California Penal Code"] 2 : one who represents a threat vb men·aced men·ac·ing vt 1 :
Society
or useful societies, e.g., see (English) Companies Act, 1929, s. 18, and (6) Illegal Societies, prohibited by the Unlawful Societies Act, 1799, and the very similar (English) Seditious Meetings Act, 1817, as to which see SEDITIOUS, and … society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, or under any corresponding law for the time being in force in a State. [The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 (13 of 1985), s. 3(rr) ] 1. A community of
Duress
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 … 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
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