Conscription
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A compulsory enrolment of men for military service; draft. The body of conscripts. Stand. Diet. A military force was raised by conscription under the acts of July 17, 18G2, March 3, 18G3, and February 10, 1864. They provided for a national enrolment under the authority of the United States, for an apportionment of quotas among the states, and authorized the quotas to be obtained in the several districts into which the states were divided. Certain classes of persons were exempt, and drafted men were released upon furnishing acceptable substitutes or by the payment of a statutory sum of money. Davis, Mil. Law. 51.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Drafting into the military services of the state; compulsory service falling upon all male subjects evenly, within or under certain specified ages.