compellability
compellability n. 强制作证的可行性 是否可以强制某人出庭作证的用语。一般规则是具备证人资格的人可以被强制出庭作证，但下列人员例外：掌握秘密谈话内容〔confidential communication〕的职业顾问〔professional adviser〕、婚姻存续期间从配偶处获得信息的丈夫或妻子、刑事案件中就某些问题作证可能会导致自证有罪的证人、被告人及其配偶。
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compelling state interest
compelling state interest 〈美〉必要的国家利益 指国家必须保护的、较个人权利更为重要的利益。当国家为保护这种利益而采取的国家行为因侵犯了公民所享有的受平等保护或宪法第一条修正案赋予的权利而受到攻击时，该国家行为应予支持。
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compelling state interest test
compelling-state-interest test. Constitutional law. A method for determining the constitutional validity of a law, whereby the government’s interest in the law and its purpose is balanced against an individual’s constitutional right that is affected by the law. • Only if the government’s interest is strong enough will the law be upheld. The compelling-state-interest test is
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compellativus
compellativus (k[schwa]m-pel-[schwa]-tI-v[schwa]s). [fr. Latin compellare “to accuse”] Hist. An adversary or accuser.
compellable
compellable, adj. Capable of or subject to being compelled, esp. to testify (an accused person’s spouse is not a compellable witness for the prosecution).
compel
compel, vb. 1. To cause or bring about by force, threats, or overwhelming pressure (a lawyer cannot be compelled to testify about a privileged communication). 2. (Of a legislative mandate or judicial precedent) to convince (a court) that there is only one possible resolution of a legal dispute (the wording of the statute compels us
motion to compel discovery
motion to compel discovery. A party’s request that the court force the party’s opponent to respond to the party’s discovery request (as to answer interrogatories or produce documents).Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a). — Often shortened to motion to compel. — Also termed motion to enforce discovery. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 1278; Pretrial Procedure 44, 310,
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habere facias possessionem
habere facias possessionem (h[schwa]-beer-ee fay-shee-[schwa]s p[schwa]-zes[h]-ee-oh-n[schwa]m), n. [Law Latin “that you cause to have possession”] Hist. A writ giving a successful ejectment-action plaintiff the possession of the recovered land. • If the sheriff delivered more than the person was entitled to, a writ of rehabere facias seisinam could compel the sheriff to return the excess.
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grand distress
Hist. In a quare impedit action in which the defendant has failed to appear, a distress of the defendant’s goods and lands to compel the defendant’s appearance.