Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Compulsion
n. 1. The act of compelling; the state of being compelled."Compulsion can take other forms than physical force; but in whatever form it appears the courts have been indisposed to admit that it can be a defence for any crime committed through yielding to it and the law of the matter is both meagre and vague. It can best be considered under the heads of obedience to orders, martial coercion, duress per minas, and necessity." J.W. Cecil Turner, Kenny's Outlines of Criminal Law 54 (16th ed. 1952).2. An uncontrollable inclination to do something. 3. Objective necessity; duress. - compel, ub.
Electio est interna libera et spontanea separatio unius rei ab alia, sine compulsione, consistens in animo et voluntate
Election is an internal, free, and spontaneous separation of one thing from another, without compulsion, consisting in intention and will.
business compulsion
See economic duress under DURESS (1)
state-compulsion test
Civil-rights law. The rule that a state is responsible for discrimination that a private party commits while acting under the requirements of state law, as when a restaurant owner is required by state law to refuse service to minorities. Adickes v. S.H. Kress & Co., 398 U.S. 144, 90 S.Ct. 1598 (1970). See SYMBIOTIC-RELATIONSHIP TEST; NEXUS TEST.