compel testimony

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|legal}} To [[officially]] require that a [[witness]] appear and [[testify]] before a [[court of law]] or other public [[authority]], under threat of legally [[enforceable]] [[penalty|penalties]] for failure to do so.

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