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• Use of force — The term use of force refers to the right of an individual or authority to settle conflicts or prevent certain actions by applying measures to either: a) dissuade another party from a particular course of action, or b) physically intervene to… …   Wikipedia

• Use of force by states — The use of force by states is controlled by both customary international law and by treaty law. The UN Charter reads in article 2(4):All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the… …   Wikipedia

• Use of force continuum — A use of force continuum is a standard that provides law enforcement officials (such as police officers, probation officers, or corrections officers) with guidelines as to how much force may be used against a resisting subject in a given… …   Wikipedia

• use of force policy — Policy guidance issued by the Commandant, US Coast Guard, on the use of force and weapons …   Military dictionary

• use of force — performing an action strongly …   English contemporary dictionary

• The Use of Force — Infobox Book name = The Use of Force translator = image caption = author = William Carlos Williams illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = subject = genre = short story publisher = release date = 1938… …   Wikipedia

• Legitimate use of force — can refer to:* the right of a state to exercise legitimate authority or violence over a given territory. See monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force. * the right of civilians acting on their own behalf to engage in violence for the sake… …   Wikipedia

• 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-feeding — Force feeding, which in some circumstances is also called gavage, is the practice of feeding a person or an animal against their will. Force feeding of humans Force feeding is generally carried out by passing a tube through the nose into the… …   Wikipedia

• Force — Force, n. [F. force, LL. forcia, fortia, fr. L. fortis strong. See {Fort}, n.] 1. Capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Force and arms — Force Force, n. [F. force, LL. forcia, fortia, fr. L. fortis strong. See {Fort}, n.] 1. Capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English