compulsory law

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There were, it is true, chiefs whose office was in a manner hereditary; but their authority was wholly of a moral nature, and enforced by no compulsory law.

From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Parkman, Francis

So much in advance of English ideas as to what was fitting and proper was this compulsory law that it was vetoed by William and Mary, when submitted to their majesties for approval.

From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson

A compulsory law of equal division of lands among the children of a deceased proprietor, may be long in revealing its horrors in a country where the redundant population sheds habitually off.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 424 Volume 17, New Series, February 14, 1852 by Chambers, Robert

But then the employer will see his own interest, free contract will produce the desired result, there will be no need of compulsory law.

From Lectures and Essays by Smith, Goldwin

The bare possibility of extending the field of production is transformed for him into a similar compulsory law.

From Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Engels, Friedrich