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Physical necessity

Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1910)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A condition in which a person is absolutely compelled to act in a particular way by overwhelming superior force; as distingnished from moral necessity, which arises where there is a duty incumbent upon a rational being to perform, which he ought at the time to perform. The Fortitude, 3 Sumn. 248, Fed. Cas. No. 4,953.

Defined under Physical in Black's Law Dictionary.