Duress

Dictionary: 
Ballentine's Law Dictionary

Constraint or danger, inflicted or threatened and impending, sufficient to overcome the mind and will of one of ordinary firmness. See 94 Am. St. Rep. 411, note.

Author: 
James A. Ballentine
Publisher: 
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Year Published: 
1916
Genre: 
Law Dictionary