| 单词 | FORCE |
| 释义 | Power dynamically considered, that is, in motion or in action; constrainingpower, compulsion; strength directed to an end. Usually the word occurs in such connectionsas to show that unlawful or wrongful action is meant. Watson v. Railway Co., 7Misc. Rep. 562, 28 N. Y. Supp. 84; Plank Road Co. v. Robbins, 22 Barb. (X. Y.) 607.Unlawful violence. It is either simple, as entering upon another’s possession, withoutdoing any other unlawful act; compound, when some other violence is committed,which of itself alone is criminal; or implied, as in every trespass, rescous, or disseisin.Power statically considered; that is at rest, or latent, but capable of being called Intoactivity upon occasion for its exercise. Efficacy; legal validity. This is the meaningwhen we say that a statute or a contract is “in force.”In old English law. A technical term applied to a species of accessary before the fact.In Scotch law. Coercion; duress. Bell. |
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