About The Word Duress
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Duress
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What's The Definition Of Duress?
[n] compulsory force or threat; "confessed under duress"
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duritia, durities, fr. durus hard. See {Dure}.]
1. Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of
liberty.
The agreements . . . made with the landlords during
the time of slavery, are only the effect of duress
and force. --Burke.
2. (Law) The state of compulsion or necessity in which a
person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of
his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence,
to incur a civil liability or to commit an offense.
\Du*ress"\, v. t. To subject to duress. ``The party duressed.'' --Bacon. |
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