Coercion means—(1) Threats of serious harm to or physical restraint against any person; (2) Any scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause a person to believe that failure to perform an act would result in serious harm to or physical restraint against any person; or (3) The abuse or threatened abuse of the legal process.
Coercion means threat of kidnapping, extortion, force or violence to be performed immediately or in the future or the use of parental, custodial, or official authority over a child less than fifteen (15) years of age.
Coercion means a threat, however communicated:
Examples of Coercion in a sentence
Coercion shall not be utilized to prevent an employee from appealing any decision rendered.
More Definitions of Coercion
Coercion means harming or threatening to harm, directly or indirectly, persons, or their property to influence their involvement in the Bidding, or affect the execution of the Concession Agreement;
Coercion means the exploitation of authority or the use of bribes, threats of force, or intimidation to gain cooperation or compliance.
Coercion means communication or conduct which unduly compels a vulnerable elder to act or refrain from acting against the vulnerable elder’s will and against the vulnerable elder’s best interests.
Coercion means words or circumstances that cause the complainant reasonably to fear that the actor will inflict bodily harm upon, or hold in confinement, the complainant or another, or force the complainant to submit to sexual penetration or contact, but proof of coercion does not require proof of a specific act or threat).
Coercion means a threat of kidnapping, extortion, force, or violence to be performed immediately or in the future. (Tennessee Code Annotated § 39-13-501(1))
Coercion means the use of express or implied threats, intimidation, or physical force which places an individual in reasonable fear of immediate harm or physical injury.