1. The act of compelling; the state of being compelled.
“Compulsion can take other forms than physical force; but in whatever form it appears the courts have been indisposed to admit that it can be a defence for any crime committed through yielding to it and the law of the matter is both meagre and vague. It can best be considered under the heads of obedience to orders, martial coercion, duress per minas, and necessity.” J.W. Cecil Turner, Kenny’s Outlines of Criminal Law 54 (16th ed. 1952).
2. An uncontrollable inclination to do something.
3. Objective necessity; duress. — compel, vb.
