Force and arms

A phrase used in declarations of trespass and in indictments, but now unnecessary in declarations, to denote that the act complained of was done with violence. 2 Chit. Pi. 846, 850.

— Force and fear, calied also "vi metuque,". that any contract or act extorted under the pressure of force (ins) or under the influence of fear (metus) is voidable on that ground, provided, of course, that the force or the fear was such as influenced the party. Brown.

Defined under Force in Black's Law Dictionary.