Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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impressment
n. 1. The act of forcibly taking (something) for public service. 2. A court's imposition of a constructive trust on equitable grounds. See constructive trust under TRUST. 3. Archaic. The method by which armed forces were formerly expanded, when socalled press-gangs seized men off the streets and forced them to join the army or navy. Cf. CRIMPING. - impress, ub.