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compulsory condition.See CONDITION(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

compulsory-attendance law.A statute requiring minors of a specified age to attend school. • Compul-sory-attendance laws      do     not apply to married persons. — Also termed compulsory-school-attendance law. See AMISH EXCEPTION . [Blacks Law 8th]

compulsory arbitration.See ARBITRATION.[Blacks Law 8th]

  compulsory appearance.See APPEARANCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

compulsory (k<<schwa>>m-p<<schwa>>l-s<<schwa>>-ree), adj. Compelled; mandated by legal process or by statute <compulsory counterclaim>.compulsory,n. Eccles. law. An order that compels the attendance of a witness. [Blacks Law 8th]

compulsion,n.1. The act of compelling; the state of being compelled. “Compulsion can take other forms than physical force; but in whatever form it appears the courts have been indisposed to admit that it can be a defence for any crime committed through yielding to it and the law of the matter is both meagre and vague.…

Comptroller of the Currency.See OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY. [Blacks Law 8th]

Comptroller General of the United States.The officer in the legislative branch of the federal government who heads the General Accounting Office. • The Comptroller General is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. See GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE. [Blacks Law 8th]

comptroller (k<<schwa>>n-troh-l<<schwa>>r). An officer of a business or a private, state, or municipal cor-poration who is charged with duties usu. relating to fiscal affairs, including auditing and examining accounts and reporting the financial status periodically. — Also spelled controller. [Cases: Corporations  303; Municipal Corporations  172. C.J.S. Corporations § 471; Municipal Corporations §§ 406–408.] [Blacks Law 8th]

comp time.Time that an employee is allowed to take off from work instead of being paid for overtime already worked. — Also termed compensatory time.[Blacks Law 8th]