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Definition of Compellable
1. a. Capable of being compelled or constrained.
Definition of Compellable
1. Adjective. Capable of being compelled or constrained. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Compellable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compellable
Literary usage of Compellable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Baron and Femme: Of Parent and Child, Guardian and Ward, Master by Tapping Reeve, Amasa Junius Parker, Charles E. Baldwin (1862)
"THERE are certain contracts which minors are capable, at law, or chancery, to
make; and, also certain acts which they are compellable to do. ..."
2. The Local Courts' and Municipal GazetteLaw reports, digests, etc (1872)
"competent and compellable to testify ; bat they »re still privileged from disclosing
any communication made to them daring the marriage. ..."
3. The Rights and Liabilities of Husband and Wife by John Fraser Macqueen (1905)
"Ellin (y), a case of abduction followed by marriage, that the wife was a compellable
witness against her husband. Judging from the analogy afforded by other ..."
4. A Treatise on the System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law: Including the by John Henry Wigmore (1915)
"St. 1899, § 8983; by adding that witnesses are compellable, but "no such witness
... 724 (general business law ; witnesses to be compellable, but "no person ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence as Administered in England and Ireland by John Pitt Taylor (1887)
"... and, except when defendant, compellable to give evidence." * § 1372.J In cases
of high treason, the question, whether the 3 1237 wife is admissible as a ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Samuel March Phillipps (1822)
"Party not compellable to give evidence. Co-plaintiff witness against an> other
further shaken by the case of Burton v. I Untie, before mentioned. ..."
7. A Supplement to A Treatise on the System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law by John Henry Wigmore (1915)
"St. 1899, § 8983 ; by adding that witnesses are compellable, ... 724 (general
business law ; witnesses to be compellable, but "no person shall be prosecuted ..."
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