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Duress

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(1):

(n.) Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty.

(2):

(n.) The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offense.

(3):

(v. t.) To subject to duress.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Duress'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/duress.html. 1828.
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