What is COMPEL? Definition of COMPEL in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
To force. Temple Lumber Co. v. Living, Tex.Civ.App., 289 S.W. 746, 749. To oblige. Texas Electric Ry. v. Jones, Tex.Civ.App., 231 S. W. 823, 824.
In an allegation that plaintiff was compelled to pay license taxes, the word "compel" does not necessarily i mport elements of compulsory payment. Singer Sewing Mach. Co. v. Teasley, 198 Ala. 673, 73 So. 969, 971; Sinnott v. District Court in and for Clarke County, 201 Iowa, 292, 207 N.W. 129, 131.
As to compelling a person to testify against himself, see State v. Backstrom, 117 Kan. 111, 230 P. 306, 308: U. S. v. Cooper, D.C.Iowa, 288 F. 604, 609; U. S. v. Kailas, D.C. Wash., 272 F. 742, 751; U. S. v. Monia, Ill., 317 U.S. 424, 63 S.Ct. 409, 411, 87 L. Ed. 376.
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