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• Coercion Act — The Coercion Acts, formally Protection of Person and Property Acts were Acts of Parliament to respond with force to popular discontent and disorder. London In December 1816, a mass meeting took place at Spa Fields near London due to the… …   Wikipedia

• Irish Coercion Act — Between 1801 and 1922, the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed over 100 acts of emergency law in an attempt to establish law and order in Ireland. [cite web|url=http://www.hks.harvard.edu/taubmancenter/pdfs/working papers/donohue 00… …   Wikipedia

• Coercion (disambiguation) — Coercion is the practice of compelling a person to behave in an involuntary way. Coercion may also refer to: Coercion (linguistics), reinterpretation of a lexeme Coercive function, mathematical function that grows rapidly at the extremes of the… …   Wikipedia

• coercion — co·er·cion /kō ər zhən, shən/ n: the use of express or implied threats of violence or reprisal (as discharge from employment) or other intimidating behavior that puts a person in immediate fear of the consequences in order to compel that person… …   Law dictionary

• Coercion — Co*er cion, n. [L. coercio, fr. coercere. See {Coerce}.] 1. The act or process of coercing. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• coercion — [kō ʉr′shən, kō ʉr′zhən] n. [L coercio] 1. the act or power of coercing 2. government by force …   English World dictionary

• Coercion — For other uses, see Coercion (disambiguation). Coercion (pronounced /koʊˈɜrʃən/) is the practice of forcing another party to behave in an involuntary manner (whether through action or inaction) by use of threats or intimidation or some other …   Wikipedia

• coercion — [[t]koʊɜ͟ː(r)ʃ(ə)n[/t]] N UNCOUNT Coercion is the act or process of persuading someone forcefully to do something that they did not want to do. It was vital that the elections should be free of coercion or intimidation …   English dictionary

• coercion — /kowarshan/ Compulsion; constraint; compelling by force or arms or threat. General Motors v. Blevins, D.C.Colo., 144 F.Supp. 381, 384. It may be actual, direct, or positive, as where physical force is used to compel act against one s will, or… …   Black's law dictionary

• coercion — /kowarshan/ Compulsion; constraint; compelling by force or arms or threat. General Motors v. Blevins, D.C.Colo., 144 F.Supp. 381, 384. It may be actual, direct, or positive, as where physical force is used to compel act against one s will, or… …   Black's law dictionary

• Act of Proscription 1746 — On August 1, 1746 the Act of Proscription (19 Geo. 2, c. 39) came into effect in Scotland. This was part of a series of efforts to assimilate the unruly Scottish Highlands while ending their ability to revolt, and the first of the King s laws… …   Wikipedia