Chicago, etc., R. Co., 80 Mo. App
Definition (1910 Edition)
157.—Physical necessity. A condition in which a person is absolutely compels to act in a particular way by overwhelming superior force; as distinguished from moral necessity, which arises where there is a duty incumbent upon a rational being to perform, which he ought at the time to: Lae irr The Fortitude, 3 Sumn. 248, Fed. . No. 4,
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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