Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Compel
ub. 1. To cause or bring about by force or overwhelming pressure <a lawyer cannot be compelled to testify about a privileged communication. 2. (Of a legislative mandate or judicial precedent) to convince (a court) that there is only one possible resolution of a legal dispute <the wording of the statute compels us to affirm > .
Compellable
adj. Capable of or subject to being compelled, esp. to testify <an accused person's spouse is not a compellable witness for the prosecution>.
compellativus
. [fr. Latin compellare "to accuse"] Hist. An adversary or accuser.compelling-state-interest test. Constitutiosnal law. A method for determining the constitutional validity of a law, whereby the government's interest in the law is balanced against the individual's constitutional right to be free of the law, and only if the government's interest is strong enough will the law be upheld. ( The compelling-state-interest test is used most commonly in equal-protection analysis when the disputed law requires strict scrutiny. See STRICT SCRUTINY.
motion to compel discovery
A party's request that the court force the party's opponent to respond to the party's discovery request (as to answer interrogatories or produce documents). Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(x). - Often shortened to motion to compel. - Also termed motion to enforce discovery.
suit to compel payment
See SUIT FOR EXONERATION.