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:<br><b>1.</b> <span class="fr"><i>poursuivre en justice</i></span><span class="fr">, contraindre par mesures coercitives à donner satisfaction ou à s'incliner devant la justice</span> — <span class="en"><i>to prosecute</i>, to constrain by coercive force to give satisfaction or to stand trial</span>.<br><b>2.</b> <span class="fr"><i>punir, châtier, soumettre à des mesures répressives</i></span> — <span class="en"><i>to punish, to chastise, to take repressive measures against</i> a person</span>.<br><b>3.</b> <span class="fr"><i>contraindre</i> en vertu du pouvoir public </span><span class="fr"><i>à l'accomplissement d'un devoir de sujet</i></span> — <span class="en"><i>to compel</i> by coercion exercised in virtue of public power <i>to fulfilment of an obligation towards the State</i></span>.<br><b>4.</b> <span class="fr"><i>tenir en bride, gouverner, exercer la juridiction sur</i> qq'un</span> — <span class="en"><i>to keep under control, to govern, to exercize jurisdiction over</i> a person</span>.<br><b>5.</b> <span class="fr"><i>subjuguer, réduire sous sa puissance</i></span> — <span class="en"><i>to subdue, to reduce to submission</i></span>.<br><b>6.</b> <span class="fr"><i>commander, prescrire</i></span> — <span class="en"><i>to command, to dictate</i></span>.<br><b>7.</b> (<i>gener.</i>) <span class="fr"><i>contraindre</i></span> — <span class="en"><i>to compel</i></span>.<br><b>8.</b> <span class="fr"><i>interroger</i></span> — <span class="en"><i>to interrogate</i></span>.<br><b>9.</b> <span class="fr"><i>exiger un serment purgatoire</i></span> — <span class="en"><i>to demand an oath of purgation</i></span>.<br><b>10.</b> <span class="fr"><i>exiger une promesse solennelle</i></span> — <span class="en"><i>to demand a solemn promise</i></span>.<br><b>11.</b> <i>refl.</i> se constringere: <span class="fr"><i>s'engager, contracter une obligation</i></span> — <span class="en"><i>to engage oneself, to take an obligation</i></span>.
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