Force definition

Force means the use or threatened use of a weapon; the use of such physical strength or violence as is sufficient to overcome, restrain, or injure a person; or the use of a threat of harm sufficient to coerce or compel submission by the victim. D.C. Code § 22-3001(5).

Force means physical force, violence, threat, intimidation or coercion.

Force means physical action.

Examples of Force in a sentence

• The parties shall not be liable for any excess costs if the failure to perform the Agreement arises out of Force Majeure.

• Additional funds may not be encumbered under the Agreement due to an act of Force Majeure, although the performance period of the Agreement may be amended due to an act of Force Majeure.

• However, Seller shall not be responsible for damages to Customer occasioned by any failure, shortage, or interruption of service or for failure as a result of Force Majeure (as defined in Section 4.02 below).

• If performance is delayed as a result of Force Majeure, the affected party shall provide prompt Notice to the other party and shall be excused from default or delay in performance while such circumstances prevail so long as such party continues to use commercially reasonable efforts to recommence performance as soon as possible.

• If the City determines that there are under representations when compared to County Labor Force Availability data, then the Contractor will also be required to submit an Equal Employment Opportunity Plan (EEOP) to the City for approval.

More Definitions of Force

Force means any violence, compulsion, or constraint physically exerted by any means upon or against a person or thing.

Force means any physical coercion used to effect, influence or persuade an individual to comply with an order from an officer. The term shall not include the ordinary handcuffing of an individual who does not resist.

Force means the infliction, attempted infliction, or threatened infliction by the actor of bodily or commission or threat of any other crime by the actor against the complainant or another, harm which (a) causes the complainant to reasonably believe that the actor has the present ability to execute the threat and (b) if the actor does not have a significant relationship to the complainant, also causes the complainant to submit.

Force means those working under the direction and control of the Chief Constable as set out in Section 15 of the Police Act 1996. It includes Police Officers, Police Staff and Volunteers, which goes beyond the legal definition of a Force but is used for the sake of brevity and simplicity.

Force means the use of physical violence and/ or imposing on someone physically to gain sexual access. Force also includes threats, intimidation, implied threats, and coercion. There is no requirement that an individual resist the sexual advance or request, but the presence of resistance is a clear demonstration of non-consent.

Force means the use or threat of physical violence and/or otherwise physically imposing on another person to gain sexual access.

Force means any bodily impact, restraint, or confinement, or the threat thereof.