Moral duress
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922)
Definitions from Case Law
From 51 U.S. 242 - Maxwell v. Griswold · 1850Most cited · 48 citing opinions
The money was thus obtained by a moral duress, not justified by law, and which was not submitted to by the importer, except to regain possession of his property withheld from him on grounds manifestly wrong.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Moral duress consists in imposition, oppression, undue, influence, or the taking of undue advantage of the business or financial stress or extreme necessities or weakness of another; the theory under which relief is granted being that the party profiting thereby has received money, property or other advantage, which in equity and good conscience he ought not