coercion

  • 41coercion — co·er·cion …

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  • 42coercion — UK [kəʊˈɜː(r)ʃ(ə)n] / US [koʊˈɜrʃ(ə)n] noun [uncountable] the use of force or threats to make someone do something …

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  • 43coercion — [kəʊˈɜːʃ(ə)n] noun [U] the use of force or threats to make someone do something …

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  • 44coercion — co•er•cion [[t]koʊˈɜr ʃən[/t]] n. 1) the act of coercing 2) force or the power to use force • Etymology: 1515–25 co•er′cion•ist, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 45coercion — /koʊˈɜʃən/ (say koh ershuhn), / ʒən/ (say zhuhn) noun 1. the act or power of coercing; forcible constraint. 2. government by force …

  • 46coercion — Compulsion by the application of physical or mental force or persuasion. A word descriptive of the result of an act rather than a designation of an act. NLRB v Grower Shipper Vegetable Asso. (CA9) 122 F2d 368. A form of abuse of process. 1 Am J2d …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 47coercion — n. 1 the act or process of coercing. 2 government by force. Derivatives: coercive adj. coercively adv. coerciveness n. Etymology: OF cohercion, tion f. L coer(c)tio, coercitio onis (as COERCE) …

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  • 48coercion in fact — That duress of person or goods, where the present liberty of person or immediate possession of goods is so needful and desirable, as that an action or proceedings at law to recover them will not at all answer the pressing purpose. Adrico Realty… …

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  • 49Cults: Faith, Healing and Coercion —   …

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  • 50Irish Coercion Act — Between 1801 and 1922, the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed over 100 acts of emergency law in an attempt to establish law and order in Ireland. [cite web|url=http://www.hks.harvard.edu/taubmancenter/pdfs/working papers/donohue 00… …

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