compulsory law

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A compulsory law of equal division of lands among the children of a deceased proprietor, may be long in revealing its horrors in a country where the redundant population sheds habitually off.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 424 Volume 17, New Series, February 14, 1852 by Chambers, Robert

In the grand duchy the forest has almost entirely disappeared, but owing to the compulsory law of replanting in Belgium this fate does not seem likely to attend the Belgian Ardennes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

Hence, you are by no means to adopt any compulsory law in this case, as the Pope has done.

From An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism by Stump, Joseph

But then the employer will see his own interest, free contract will produce the desired result, there will be no need of compulsory law.

From Lectures and Essays by Smith, Goldwin

The bare possibility of extending the field of production is transformed for him into a similar compulsory law.

From Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Engels, Friedrich