exhibitory interdict
An interdict by which a praetor compelled a person or thing to be produced.
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suicide by cop
Slang. A form of suicide in which the suicidal person intentionally engages in life-threatening behavior to induce a police officer to shoot the person. • Frequently, the decedent attacks the officer or otherwise threatens the officer’s life, but occasionally a third person’s life is at risk. A suicide-by-cop is distinguished from other police shootings by
per quae servitia
per quae servitia (p[schwa]r kwee s[schwa]r-vish-ee-[schwa]). [Latin “by which services”] Hist. A real action by which the grantee of a landed estate could compel the tenants of the grantor to attorn to him. • This action was abolished in the 19th century.
exile
exile, n. 1. Expulsion from a country, esp. from the country of one’s origin or longtime residence; banishment. forced exile. Compelled removal or banishment from one’s native country. 2. A person who has been banished. — exile, vb.
work product
work product. Tangible material or its intangible equivalent — in unwritten or oral form — that was either prepared by or for a lawyer or prepared for litigation, either planned or in progress. • Work product is generally exempt from discovery or other compelled disclosure. The term is also used to describe the products of
putting in fear
putting in fear. The threatening of another person with violence to compel the person to hand over property. • These words are part of the common-law definition of robbery. [Cases: Robbery 7. C.J.S. Robbery §§ 13–23, 90.]
give
give, vb. 1. To voluntarily transfer (property) to another without compensation (Jack gave his daughter a car on her birthday). 2. To confer by a formal act (the First Amendment gives all citizens the right to free speech). 3. To present for another to consider (the witness gave compelling testimony before the jury). 4. (Of
communication
communication. 1. The expression or exchange of information by speech, writing, gestures, or conduct; the process of bringing an idea to another’s perception. 2. The information so expressed or exchanged. conditionally privileged communication. A defamatory statement made in good faith by a person with an interest in a subject to someone who also has an
act of state doctrine
act-of-state doctrine. Int’l law. The principle that no nation can judge the legality of a foreign country’s sovereign acts within its own territory. • As originally formulated by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1897, the doctrine provides that “the courts of one country will not sit in judgment on the acts of the government of
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