Conscriptive

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Pertaining to conscription..

Definitions by Sense

1. Pertaining to conscription.
2. Compulsory; required.
3. (law) Produced through the compulsory participation of the accused; violating the accused's right to avoid self-incrimination.
4. Restrictive; constricting.
5. Chosen; adopted.

Example Sentences

The many attempts made to evade the operation of the conscriptive laws in France during the revolutionary war, induced the authorities to frame and enact a set of regulations for the guidance of those concerned in examining conscripts, embracing almost every point on which a doubt or difference of opinion can exist.

Now, I hate conscription : it is at best a necessary evil; but it is idle for us to pretend that there has been no recognition of the conscriptive principle by the British Empire and amongst the British people.

Short overestimated the ability of the gun factory to meet its obligation, especially in light of labor shortages due to voluntary and conscriptive military service and the reluctance of military commanders to detach men from their units to work in the factory.

He pleaded very earnestly for such concurrent legislation which would operate as a conscriptive measure upon the accumulated wealth and resources of the country.

While accepting that teaching has its share of charismatic personalities, it is plainly foolish to expect all staff to be so charismatic that they should be able to 'sell' education and training (particularly suspect or substandard education) to even the most reluctant student. It is not possible to accept any of the arguments put forward above about the conscriptive nature of the new further education, the choking of resources from the further education sector, and the contradictions inherent in the recruitment and training of staff,a nd at the same time expect all staff to be able to deal with the often understandable disaffection of some students.

Music and politics have a very strange relationship because music is responsive, politics is kind of... conscriptive, in a sense.

For example, statements made by the accused will be conscriptive. So too will blood samples, breath samples, pulled hairs, re-enactments of the crime, or even the act of standing in an identification lineup.

In deciding what constitutes a fair trial, the court has relied heavily on a distinction between what it has labelled as "real" evidence and "conscriptive" evidence.

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