Sentence examples for compel attendance from inspiring English sources
(3) Issue orders to compel attendance and disclosure of information or documents obtained during an investigation or inspection.
The right to present oral testimony from other witnesses and the power to compel attendance of those witnesses may be denied in the discretion of the Commission.
was powerless to compel his attendance..
(C) compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of documentary and other evidence.
During a discussion over whether detainees could refuse to come to court — prosecutors had asked the judge to compel their attendance — Colonel Pohl refused repeated attempts by Capt.
That the Sixth Amendment does not guarantee criminal defendants the right to compel the attendance of any and all witnesses is reflected in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
"The inability to compel the attendance of the witnesses is a serious if not fatal blow to the defense in the removal proceedings," Ms. McPhail said in a letter to the governor's legal adviser, Kelly Keenan.
In the leading case of Ex parte Peterson,354 a United States district court appointed an auditor with power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of testimony.
In Senate Impeachment Rule VI, the Senate "shall have the power to compel the attendance of witnesses, to enforce obedience to its orders, writs, precepts, and judgments...".. No mention is made of witness rights or privileges.
Although there is no doubt that a congressional committee can compel the attendance of witnesses, a witness who has refused to testify or to answer a question cannot be held in contempt unless it has been made clear to him that his refusal will be treated as contumacious.
Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide.
