| n. | 1. | The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force. |
| Noun | 1. | compulsion - an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid Synonyms: irresistible impulse |
| 2. | compulsion - an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will Synonyms: obsession | |
| 3. | compulsion - using force to cause something; "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn`t have to use coercion" Synonyms: coercion |
COMPULSION. The forcible inducement to au act.
2. Compulsion may be lawful or unlawful. 1. When a man is compelled by
lawful authority to do that which be ought to do, that compulsion does not
affect the validity of the act; as for example, when a court of competent
jurisdiction compels a party to execute a deed, under the pain of attachment
for contempt, the grantor cannot object to it on the ground of compulsion.
2. But if the court compelled a party to do an act forbidden by law, or not
having jurisdiction over the parties or the subject-matter, the act done by
such compulsion would be void. Bowy. Mod. C. L. 305.
3. Compulsion is never presumed. Coercion. (q.v.)