Compulsory Government Measures
- To force someone into military or national service by means of conscription
- Feudal levies a form of medieval conscription
- Shire levy, a means of military recruitment in medieval England
- A legal action, where property of a judgment debtor is taken for public sale to satisfy a monetary judgment
- An imposition of a fine
- To take money in order to pay off a tax liability
- To wage war
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Famous quotes containing the words compulsory, government and/or measures:
“If a girl’s a stewardess, she might as well forget it after twenty-six. They no longer have compulsory retirement, but the girls get into a rut at that age. A lot of them start showing the rough life they’ve lived.”
—Beryl Simpson, U.S. employment counselor; former airline reservationist. As quoted in Working, book 2, by Studs Terkel (1973)
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—Malcolm X (1925–1965)
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—Alice Miller (20th century)