Refered to as compulsory winding up in the United Kingdom, this is when – on issuance of a court at the request of a companies creditors – a firm’s assets […]
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COMPULSORY NONSUIT
An involuntary nonsuit. See NONSUIT
COMPULSORY PAYMENT
One not made voluntarily, but exacted by duress, threats, the enforcement of legal process, or unconscionably taking advantage of another. Shaw v. Woodcock, 7 Barn. & C. 73; Beckwith v. […]
COMPULSORY PROCESS
Process to compel the attendance in court of a person wanted there as a witness or otherwise; including not only the ordinary subpoena, but also a warrant of arrest or […]
COMPULSORY SALE OR PURCHASE
A term sometimes used to characterize the transfer of title to property under the exercise of the power of eminent domain . In re Barre Water Co., 62 Vt. 27, […]
COMPULSORY WINDING UP
United Kingdom verbage for compulsory liquidation .
COMPULSORY, ADJ
Involuntary ; forced ; coerced by legal process or by force of statute.
COMPULSORY, N
In ecclesiastical procedure, a compulsory Is a kind of writ to compel the attendance of a witness, to undergo examination . Phillim. Ecc. Law, 1258.
COMPURGATOR
One of several neighbors of a person accused of a crime, or charged as a defendant in a civil action , who appeared and swore that they believed him on […]
COMPUTABILITY THEORY
Deciding if a math problem is solvable or not and the amount of effort it will take to do it.
COMPUTATION
The act of computing, numbering, reckoning, or estimat’ng. COMPUTUS 236 CONCESSION The account or estimation of time by rule of law , as distinguished from any arbitrary construction of the […]
COMPUTATIONALLY SECURE
When a computer is unable to decipher a code within a certain amount of time the code is considered secure.
COMPUTED VALUE
The computation by customs of the value of merchandise considering production cost, overhead, and packaging costs.
COMPUTER
A machine with digital circuites that uses data and performs functions based on instructions.
COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING (CAE)
Using computers to make models for engineering .
COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING (CAM)
Using computers to make a product automatically .
COMPUTER AIDED PROCESS PLANNING (CAPP)
Software that checks equipment availability to help make a plan for processing.
COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (CASE)
Using computers to program or debug a program.
COMPUTER ASSISTED RETRIEVAL (CAR)
A document on microfilm that is called by a barcode and read.
COMPUTER BASED TRAINING (CBT)
Using computers for training. AKA computer aided instruction . Refer to web based instruction.
COMPUTER CONFERENCING
Using the internet to pubically or privately facilitate a meeting.
COMPUTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (CERT)
A company that studies the internet and its security issues and provides online help. It is in the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University.
COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING (CIM)
Combining separate applications to make the manufacturing process easier.
COMPUTER MODELING
Taking abstract math and making computer simulations. AKA computer simulation.
COMPUTER NUMERIC CONTROL (CNC)
When a computer program controls a machine shop tool. AKA CNC.