Subjection: The obligation of an individual to behave or act according to the will or judgment of another individual.
The subjection of one person to another is a purely personal servitude; if it exists in the right of property which a person exercises over another, it is slavery.
The right of the burgesses to self-government and self-taxation is acknowledged and confirmed, they, on the other hand, being held bound to a constitutional obedience and subjection to the sovereign, ...
Among the environmental causes of occupational disease are subjection to extremes of temperature (leading to heatstroke or frostbite), ...
It is presumed where a person is legally under subjection to another and is induced in consequence of such subjection to do an act contrary to his will.
"However, as society became more sophisticated and man brought certain animals into a state of subjection, ...
Coercion. Compulsion; constraint; duress. Implied or legal coercion is when a person, under legal subjection to another, is induced to do an act involuntarily.
Color. 2. Appearance; apparent reality; validity, or legality; also, pretense.
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