act under compulsion

  • 1under protest — A payment made or an act done under compulsion while the payor or actor asserts that he waives no rights by making the payment or by doing the act. U.C.C. No. 1 207. See protest …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 2compulsion — com|pul|sion [kəmˈpʌlʃən] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Late Latin compulsio, from Latin compellere; COMPEL] 1.) a strong and unreasonable desire to do something →↑compel ▪ The desire to laugh became a compulsion. compulsion to do sth …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 3Mental Health Act Commission — The Mental Health Act Commission was an NHS special health authority that provided a safeguard for people detained in hospital under the powers of the Mental Health Act 1983 in England and Wales. Mental health care is the only part of health care …

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  • 4Vaccination Act — The UK Vaccination Acts of 1840, 1853 and 1898 reflect the continuing argument over vaccination policy in the United Kingdom. Similar legislation was passed in the USA and other countries.Alfred Russel Wallace gave an account of smallpox and… …

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  • 5Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 — The Anti Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003, (Republic Acts of the Philippines) R.A. No. 9208, is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2444 and House Bill No. 4432. It was enacted and passed by Congress of the Philippines Senate of the Philippines… …

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  • 6Identity Cards Act 2006 — The Identity Cards Act 2006[1] Parliament of the United Kingdom Long title An Act to make provision for a national scheme of registration of individuals …

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  • 7Suppression of English Monasteries Under Henry VIII —     Suppression of English Monasteries under Henry VIII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Suppression of English Monasteries under Henry VIII     From any point of view the destruction of the English monasteries by Henry VIII must be regarded as one… …

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  • 8Diomedes — This article is about the hero of the Trojan War. For other uses, see Diomedes (disambiguation). Diomedes, King of Argos a statue by Kresilas from ca. 430 BC. Glyptothek, München …

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  • 9Palladium (mythology) — In Greek and Roman mythology, a palladium or palladion was an image of great antiquity on which the safety of a city was said to depend. Palladium especially signified the wooden statue of Pallas Athena that Odysseus and Diomedes stole from the… …

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  • 10ONES — (Heb. אׂנֶס), either (1) compelling a person to act against his will, or (2) the occurrence of an unavoidable event that prevents or obstructs the performance of certain acts, or causes them to occur. Both categories of ones are derived… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism