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Duress
Pronunciation : Du"ress
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OF. duresse, du, hardship, severity, L. duritia, durities, fr. durus hard. See Dure.]
Definition : 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)
Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Du*ress"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To subject to duress. "The party duressed." Bacon.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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