Meaning of Duress | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Harsh treatment.
   obsolete, uncountable
2. Constraint by threat.
   uncountable
3. Restraint in which a person is influenced, whether by lawful or unlawful forceful compulsion of their liberty by monition or implementation of physical enforcement; legally for the incurring of civil liability, of a citizen's arrest, or of subrogation, or illegally for the committing of an offense, of forcing a contract, or of using threats.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The agreements […] made with the landlords during the time of slavery, are only the effect of duress and force.”

“It is unclear when it was filmed and if she was under duress during filming.”

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