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compensated surety.See SURETY. [Blacks Law 8th]

compensate (kom-p<<schwa>>n-sayt), vb.1. To pay (another) for services rendered <the lawyer was fairly compensated for her time and effort>.2. To make an amendatory payment to; to recompense (for an injury) <the court ordered the defendant to compensate the injured plaintiff>. [Blacks Law 8th]

compensable injury.See INJURY. [Blacks Law 8th]

compensable death.See DEATH. [Blacks Law 8th]

compensable (k<<schwa>>m-pen-s<<schwa>>-b<<schwa>>l), adj. Able or entitled to be compensated for <a compensable injury>. — Also termed recompensable.[Blacks Law 8th]

  compelling-state-interest test.Constitutional law. A method for determining the constitutional validity of a law, whereby the government’s interest in the law and its purpose is balanced against an individual’s constitutional right that is affected by the law. • Only if the government’s interest is strong enough will the law be upheld. The compelling-state-interest test is…

compellativus (k<<schwa>>m-pel-<<schwa>>-tI-v<<schwa>>s). [fr. Latin compellare “to accuse”] Hist. An adversary or accuser. [Blacks Law 8th]

  compellable,adj. Capable of or subject to being compelled, esp. to testify <an accused person’s spouse is not a compellable witness for the prosecution>. [Blacks Law 8th]        

compel,vb.1. To cause or bring about by force, threats, or overwhelming pressure <a lawyer cannot be compelled to testify about a privileged communication>.2. (Of a legislative mandate or judicial precedent) to convince (a court) that there is only one possible resolution of a legal dispute <the wording of the statute compels us to affirm>. [Blacks Law…

compassing (k<<schwa>>m-p<<schwa>>-sing).Hist. The act of contriving or plotting, esp. of something un-derhanded. • The Treason Act of 1351 criminalized the act of compassing the sovereign’s death. — Also termed imagining. [Blacks Law 8th]