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Duress per minas

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Duress by threats. The use of threats and menaces to compel a person, by the fear of death, or grievous bodily harm, as mayhem or loss of limb, to do some lawful act, or to commit a misdemeanor.

1 Bl. Comm. 130; 4 Bl. Comm. 30; 4 Steph. Comm. 83.

See Metus.

See Metus.