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• force — 1 n 1: a cause of motion, activity, or change intervening force: a force that acts after another s negligent act or omission has occurred and that causes injury to another: intervening cause at cause irresistible force: an unforeseeable event esp …   Law dictionary

• force majeure — force ma·jeure / fȯrs ma zhər, mȧ zhœ̅r/ n [French, superior force] 1: superior or insuperable force 2: an event (as war, labor strike, or extreme weather) or effect that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled: fortuitous event compare …   Law dictionary

• law — / lȯ/ n [Old English lagu, of Scandinavian origin] 1: a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority: as a: a command or provision enacted by a legislature see also statute 1 b:… …   Law dictionary

• force majeure clause — n: a clause in an agreement that excuses performance in the event that a force majeure makes the performance impracticable or impossible Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. force majeure clause …   Law dictionary

• force and fear — in the law of contract in Scotland, the term used for cases of extortion where a party contracts as a result of some force. The fear aspect may reflect the need for the party to have made the choice of entering the contract instead of meeting the …   Law dictionary

• force the vote — USA A clause in an acquisition or merger agreement that requires the board of directors of the target company to submit the proposed transaction to a vote of the stockholders of the target company even if the board of directors no longer… …   Law dictionary

• force and effect — n: legal efficacy have the force and effect of a formal acceptance Louisiana Civil Code Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• force, deadly — n. Force likely to cause death or serious bodily injury. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …   Law dictionary

• force, unlawful — n. The use of force against someone who has not consented to its use. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …   Law dictionary

• Law Reports — the publications in which the decisions of the courts are recorded. It should, however, be appreciated that in the UK and in many other jurisdictions these are private publications rather than state operated. The publisher makes the reports more… …   Law dictionary

• force a passage — index penetrate, pervade Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary