Power dynamically considered, that is, in motion or in action; constraining power, compulsion; strength directed to an end. Usually the word occurs in such connections as to show that unlawful or wrong-ful action is meant, watson v. Railway Co.} 7 Misc. Rep. 562, 28 N. Y. Supp. 84; Plank Road Co. v. Robbins, 22 Barb. (N. Y.)’667
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
