Actio quod metns cansa
Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1910)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
An action granted to one who had been compelled by unlawful force, or fear (metUs causa) that was not groundless, (metus probabilis or justus,) to deliver, sell, or promise a thing to another. Bract, fol. 103b; Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 226.
Defined under Actio in Black's Law Dictionary.