Duress
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(dy´rs, d´-, drs´), in law, actual or threatened violence or imprisonment, ...
Duress
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DURESS - Restraint or danger, actually inflicted or impending, which is sufficient in severity or apprehension to deprive a person of free choice, destroy his volition, or obtain consent only in form.
Duress:
Where a person is prevented from acting (or not acting) according to their free will, by threats or force of another, it is said to be "under duress".
Duress: Undue pressure by one person against another in order to get him to do something he does not want to do.
duress Unlawful or unreasonable constraint or influence; as in the papers were signed under duress.
DWI or DUI See driving while intoxicated.
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n. the use of force, false imprisonment or threats (and possibly psychological torture or "brainwashing") to compel someone to act contrary to his/her wishes or interests.
Duress
Threats or force of another preventing a person from acting (or not acting) according to their free will is said to be placing that person "under duress". Contracts signed under duress are voidable.
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Undue pressure placed on a person to force him or her to do something.
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Duress
Definition - Noun
[Anglo-French duresce, literally, hardness, harshness, from Old French, from Latin duritia, from durus hard]
: wrongful and usu.
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Expanded Legal Definition of DisclaimerDuress Where a person is prevented from acting (or not acting) according to their free will, by threats or force of another, it is said to be 'under duress'.
Rescission can occur in one of two ways: either a contract can be set aside (rescinded) because of some defect in its formation (such as misrepresentation, duress or undue influence) or it can be set aside by agreement by the parties, ...
Duress: Threats or force preventing - or forcing - a person to act other than in accordance with free will. A contract signed under duress is voidable at the option of the person forced to sign it. Duress may invalidate a marriage.
Again, if the plaintiff reply that Such release was obtained by duress, in his, replication, he impliedly admits that the defendant has, prima facie, a good defence, namely, that such release was executed as alleged in the plea; ...
Coercion. Compulsion; constraint; duress. Implied or legal coercion is when a person, under legal subjection to another, is induced to do an act involuntarily.
Color. 2. Appearance; apparent reality; validity, or legality; also, pretense.
Voluntary: Free of coercion, duress, or undue inducement.
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When may a party escape obligations of a contract (such as a contract formed under duress or because of a misrepresentation)?
What is the meaning and effect to be given to the terms of a contract?
It is imposed when there is fraud, deceit or duress, or an abuse of a confidence, and will result in a finding that the titled holder of an asset is not the actual owner, but instead holding the asset for the benefit of the wronged individual.
upon any person to induce or compel such person to vote or refrain from voting, or who shall by abduction, duress, or any fraudulent device or contrivance impede or prevent the exercise of the franchise of any elector, or shall thereby compel, ...
Defense: A defense raised in a responsive pleading (answer) relating a new matter as a defense to the complaint; affirmative defenses might include contributory negligence or estopped in civil actions; in criminal cases insanity, duress, ...
An explanation for a defendant's actions that excuses or justifies his behavior. For example, acting in self-defense is a common affirmative defense to a charge of battery or homicide. Other affirmative defenses include insanity, duress and ...
to the age one can give meaningful consent to enter into a marriage. If over the age of 18 years, meaningful consent is presumed. However the presumption may be negated if the person lacked capacity due to mental retardation, illness for duress.
Domestic ViolenceAny or all of the many different forms of abuse and mistreatment that people may experience in their intimate domestic relationships.DuressSomeone being forced to do something through physical threats or psychological or ...
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