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Chap removed from act by necessity (8)

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perforce

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'by necessity' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for perforce that I've seen before include "Of necessity" , "willy-nilly" , "Necessarily, arising from free crop" , "Unavoidably" , "without choice" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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