Coequality

[Lat. coæqualitas.] The state of being on a term of equality with another; as, co - equality of station. Co-e'qually, adv . With joint equality. Coerce', v . a. [Lat. coerceo- con , and arceo , to shut up, to inclose, to keep at a distance root arc , to keep, to cover, to ward off; Sansk. raksh , to keep, defend, rule, allied to Gr. arkeō, to ward off.] To restrain; To confine; to compel; as, to coerce obedience to the law. "A prisoner of war is to be on no account coerced with fetters." Sir W. Scott. Coer'cible, a. That may or ought to be restrained or compelled.