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Able to be compounded (see compound). Able to be added to or made worse, a compound crime. In Indian law a compoundable offence is one which can be settled before the court (as opposed to a non-compoundable offence which cannot). It may refer to an offense that can be settled for money between an injured party and the defendant. … [Read more...] about COMPOUNDABLE

Required. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition (noun) - In ecclesiastical procedure, a compulsory is a kind of writ to compel the attendance of a witness, to undergo examination. Philllm. Ecc. Law, 1258.(adjective) - Involuntary; forced; coerced by legal process or by force of statute. Compulsory arbitration. That which takes place where the consent of one of the … [Read more...] about COMPULSORY

In the Roman law. The adjournment of a cause, in order to hear the parties or their advocates a second time; a second hearing of the parties to a cause. Calvin. … [Read more...] about COMPERENDINATIO

The simultaneous existence of two or more authoritative systems or sources of law with equal power. … [Read more...] about COMPLEMENTARITY

In the civil law. A judicial inquest made by delegates or commissioners to find out and relate the truth of a cause. … [Read more...] about COMPERTORIUM