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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 parties is enforced by statutory provisions. Wood v. Seattle, 23 Wash. 1, 62 Pac 135, 52 Lu R. A. 369. Compulsory nonsuit. An involuntary nonsuit. See NONSUIT. Compulsory payment. One not made voluntarily, but exacted by duress, threats, the enforcement of legal process, or unconscionably taking advantage of another. Shaw v. Woodcock, 7 Barn. A C. 73; Beckwith v. Frisbie, 32 Vt. 565: State v. Nelson, 41 Minn. 25, 42 N. W. 548 4 K R. A. 300; Lonenran v. Buford, 148 U. S. 581,13 Sup. Ct. 684, 37 L. Ed. 569 Compulsory process. Process to compel the attendance in court of a person wanted there as a witness or otherwise; including not only the ordinary subpoena, but also a warrant of arrest or attachment if needed. Powers v. Com., 24 Ky. Law Rep. 1007, 70 S. W. 644: Graham v. State, 50 Ark. 161, 6 S. W. 721; State v. Nathaniel, 52 La. Ann. 558, 26 South. 1008. Compulsory sale or purchase. A term sometimes used to characterize the transfer of title to property under the exercise of the power of eminent domain. In re Barre Water Co., 62 Vt 27, 20 Ati. 109, 9LR.A. 195.