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Contrainte Par Corps

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In French law. The civil process of arrest of the person, which is imposed upon vendors falsely representing their property to be unincumbered, or upon persons mortgaging property which they are aware does not belong to them, and in other cases of moral heinousness. Brown.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Arrest; imprisonment for debt.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In French law. The civil process of arrest of the person, which ls imposed upon vendors falsely representing their property to be unincumbered, or upon persons mortgaging property which they are aware does not belong to them, and in other cases of moral heinousness. Brown.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In French law. The civil process of arrest of the person, which is imposed upon vendors falsely rapresenling their property to be unincumbered, or upon persons mortgaging property which they are awure does not belong to them, and in other cases of moral heinousness. Brown.