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Concussion

A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

Inthe civil law

The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to give something of value. It differs from robvery, in this: that in robbery the thing is taken by force, while in concussion it is obtained by threatened violence, Heinec.

Elem. § 1071.