Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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coercion
n. 1. Compulsion by physical force or threat of physical force. ( An act such as signing a will is not legally valid if done under coercion.
criminal coercion
See COERCION.
criminal coercion.
Coercion intended to restrict another's freedom of action by: (1) threatening to commit a criminal act against that person; (2) threatening to accuse that act; expose a secret that either would subject the victim to hatred, contempt, or ridicule or would impair the victim's credit or goodwill, or (4) taking or withholding official action or causing an official to take or withhold action. 2. Conduct that constitutes the improper use of economic power to compel another to submit to the wishes of one who wields it. - Also termed economic coercion. 3. Hist. A husband's actual or supposed control or influence over his wife's actions. ( Under the common-law doctrine of coercion, a wife who committed a crime IN her husband's presence was presumed to have been coerced by him and thus had a complete defense. Courts have abolished this doctrine. - coercive, adj. - coercer, n.
economic coercion
See COERCION ( 2 ).