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

  • Upon delivering such notice, the obligation of the affected party, so far as it is affected by such Force Majeure as described, shall be suspended during the continuance of the inability then claimed but for no longer period, and such party shall endeavor to remove or overcome such inability with all reasonable dispatch.

  • If by reason of Force Majeure, either party hereto shall be rendered unable wholly or in part to carry out its obligations under this Agreement through no fault of its own then such party shall give notice and full particulars of Force Majeure in writing to the other party within a reasonable time after occurrence of the event or cause relied upon.

  • In the event that Vendor’s obligations are suspended by reason of Force Majeure, all TIPS Sales accepted prior to the Force Majeure event shall be the legal responsibility of Vendor and the terms of the TIPS Sale Supplemental Agreement shall control Vendor’s failure to fulfill for a Force Majeure event.

  • Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, refusal of or inability to obtain any such permits and approvals by the Contractor or any of its Sub- contractors or their sub-contractors shall not constitute a Force Majeure Event, and shall not in any manner excuse the Contractor from the performance and discharge it of its obligations and liabilities under this Agreement, and the Contractor’s liabilities hereunder shall remain unaffected by such failure, refusal or inability.

  • The cancellation policy set forth in this Section 5 shall apply in all events except in the case of a Force Majeure Event (as defined below).


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.