Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being or liable to be compelled or constrained.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being compelled or constrained.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Capable of being
compelled orconstrained .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The act provided that “no person shall be compellable to work above Eight Days in the year, nor at any time in seed-time, Hay or Corn-Harvest.”
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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The act provided that “no person shall be compellable to work above Eight Days in the year, nor at any time in seed-time, Hay or Corn-Harvest.”
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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The act provided that “no person shall be compellable to work above Eight Days in the year, nor at any time in seed-time, Hay or Corn-Harvest.”
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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Any "competent and compellable person" can be called, with Ginwala's approval, to give evidence.
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These might, indeed, supply their posts with some other able-bodied men; but if no such could have been found, the obligation nevertheless remained, and they were compellable to serve in their own proper persons.
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Winter said it appeared to him that Smith was "both competent and compellable", and said the psychologist could be called to testify.
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He said the commission was "dealing with a non-compellable witness" who could shed light on the principal party in the weapons deals and he urged the commission not to put openness above establishing the facts.
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It has also been said, that this is not like a case where a burdensome office is thrown upon a man, without his consent, wherein he is compellable to act; for that here the defendant has chosen to become a member of a corporation by which he had put himself in a situation to become a returning officer, and therefore that he is
An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony, on the Charge of Illegal Voting Anonymous
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Liberty was given to the king's liege subjects to transport themselves and families to settle the province, only they were to remain immediately subject to the crown of England, and to depend thereon for ever; and were not compellable to answer to any cause or suit in any other part of his majesty's dominions but in England and Wales.
An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1 Alexander Hewatt
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In general, the husband or wife of any party to a civil action is competent and compellable to give evidence, as any other witness
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