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Constraint - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Constraint : (noun)
1: the state of being physically constrained; "dogs should be
kept under restraint" [syn: restraint]
2: a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not
have proper restraints fitted" [syn: restraint]
3: the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to
control the thoughts or behavior of others
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Constraint : \Con*straint"\, n. [OF. constrainte, F. constrainte.]
The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained;
that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion;
restraint; necessity.
Long imprisonment and hard constraint. --Spenser.
Not by constraint, but by my choice, I came. --Dryden.
Syn: Compulsion; violence; necessity; urgency.
Usage: Constraint, Compulsion. Constraint implies strong
binding force; as, the constraint of necessity; the
constraint of fear. Compulsion implies the exertion of
some urgent impelling force; as, driven by compulsion.
The former prevents us from acting agreeably to our
wishes; the latter forces us to act contrary to our
will. Compulsion is always produced by some active
agent; a constraint may be laid upon us by the forms
of civil society, or by other outward circumstances.
--Crabb.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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CONSTRAINT. In the civil and Scottish law, by this term is understood what,
in the common law, is known by the name of duress.
2. It is a general rule, that when one is compelled into a contract,
there is no effectual consent, though, ostensibly, there is the form of it.
In such case the contract will be declared void.
3. TheConstraint : requisite thus to annul a contract, must be a vis aut
me us qui cadet in constantem virum, such as would shake a man of firmness
and resolution. 3 Ersk. 1, Sec. 16; and 4, 1, Sec. 26; 1 Bell's Conn. B. 3,
part 1, o. 1, s. 1, art. 1, page 295.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Constraint |
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