under necessity

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For example, he said a lot of attempts to use necessity had failed because the actions taken under necessity must be the only way to safeguard a state's interests.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2022

Bound, determined.—Bound properly means "obliged," "fated," or "under necessity": as, "A man is bound by his word;" "We hold ourselves in gratitude bound to receive ... all such persons."

From Practical Exercises in English by Buehler, Huber Gray

I was under necessity, as you shall hear, to visit Chapelizod.

From The House by the Church-Yard by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

But we lie under necessity, which one must beware.

From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides

I was under necessity to be early up, and under necessity also, in the teeth of a bitter spring north-easter, to clothe myself warmly on the morning of my long-promised excursion.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers by Stevenson, Robert Louis