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Coercion
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CoercionCompulsion; constraint; duress. Implied or legal coercion is when a person, under legal subjection to another, is induced to do an act involuntarily.
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Compulsion
The forcible inducement to au act.
Constraint
It is a general rule, that when one is compelled into a contract, there is no effectual consent, thougb, ostensibly, there is the form of it. In such case the contract will be declared void.
Duress
Where a person is prevented from acting (or not acting) according to their free will, by threats or force of another, it is said to be "under duress". Contracts signed under duress are voidable and, in may places, you cannot be convicted of a crime if you can prove that you were forced or threatened into committing the crime (although this defence may not be available for serious crimes).
Legal
That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust.
Coercion
Compulsion; constraint; duress. Implied or legal coercion is when a person, under legal subjection to another, is induced to do an act involuntarily.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Subjection
The obligation of one or more persons to act at the discretion, or according to the judgment and will of others.
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Coerce
To influence action against someone's will, usually by threat.
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Code, napoleon
The Code Civil of France, enacted into law during the reign of Napoleon, bore his name until the restoration of the Bourbons when it was deprived of that name, and it is now cited Code Civil.
Co-defendant
One who is made defendant in an action with another person.
Codex
Literally, a volume or roll. It is particularly applied to the volume of the civil law, collected by the emperor Justinian, from all pleas and answers of the ancient lawyers, which were in loose scrolls or sheets of parchment. These he compiled into a book which goes by the name of Codex.
Codicil
An amendment to an existing will. Does not mean that the will is totally changed; just to the extent of the codicil.
Coerce
To influence action against someone's will, usually by threat.
Coercion
Co-executor
One who is executor of a will in company with another.
Cognati
Cognates. This term occurs frequently in the Roman civil law, and denotes collateral heirs through females
Cognation
Civil law. Signifies generally the kindred which exists between two persons who are united by ties of blood or family, or both.
Cognisance
1) Pleading. Where the defendant in an action of replevin acknowledges the taking of the distress, and insists that such taking was legal, not because he himself had a right to distrain on his own account, but because he made the distress by the command of another, who had a right to distrain on the goods which are the subject of the suit. 2) practice. Sometimes signifies jurisdiction and juudicial power, an sometimes the hearing of a matter judicially.
Cognisance of pleas
English law. A privilege granted by the king to a city or town, to hold pleas within the same; and when any one is impleaded in the courts at Westminster, the owner of the franchise may demand cognisance of the plea.
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Compulsion
The forcible inducement to au act.
Constraint
It is a general rule, that when one is compelled into a contract, there is no effectual consent, thougb, ostensibly, there is the form of it. In such case the contract will be declared void.
Duress
Where a person is prevented from acting (or not acting) according to their free will, by threats or force of another, it is said to be "under duress". Contracts signed under duress are voidable and, in may places, you cannot be convicted of a crime if you can prove that you were forced or threatened into committing the crime (although this defence may not be available for serious crimes).
Legal
That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust.
Coercion
Compulsion; constraint; duress. Implied or legal coercion is when a person, under legal subjection to another, is induced to do an act involuntarily.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Subjection
The obligation of one or more persons to act at the discretion, or according to the judgment and will of others.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Coerce
To influence action against someone's will, usually by threat.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Code, napoleon
The Code Civil of France, enacted into law during the reign of Napoleon, bore his name until the restoration of the Bourbons when it was deprived of that name, and it is now cited Code Civil.
Co-defendant
One who is made defendant in an action with another person.
Codex
Literally, a volume or roll. It is particularly applied to the volume of the civil law, collected by the emperor Justinian, from all pleas and answers of the ancient lawyers, which were in loose scrolls or sheets of parchment. These he compiled into a book which goes by the name of Codex.
Codicil
An amendment to an existing will. Does not mean that the will is totally changed; just to the extent of the codicil.
Coerce
To influence action against someone's will, usually by threat.
Coercion
Co-executor
One who is executor of a will in company with another.
Cognati
Cognates. This term occurs frequently in the Roman civil law, and denotes collateral heirs through females
Cognation
Civil law. Signifies generally the kindred which exists between two persons who are united by ties of blood or family, or both.
Cognisance
1) Pleading. Where the defendant in an action of replevin acknowledges the taking of the distress, and insists that such taking was legal, not because he himself had a right to distrain on his own account, but because he made the distress by the command of another, who had a right to distrain on the goods which are the subject of the suit. 2) practice. Sometimes signifies jurisdiction and juudicial power, an sometimes the hearing of a matter judicially.
Cognisance of pleas
English law. A privilege granted by the king to a city or town, to hold pleas within the same; and when any one is impleaded in the courts at Westminster, the owner of the franchise may demand cognisance of the plea.
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