What is COMPULSION?

Constraint; objective necessity. Forcible Inducement to the commission of an act. Navigation Co. v. Brown, 100 Pa. 346; U. S. v. Kimball (C. C.) 117 Fed. 163; Gates v. Hester, 81 Ala. 357, 1 South. 84&

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