Definitions for "Duress"
Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty.
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.
A situation as to where a person is forced to act through fear of personal suffering.
A state of extreme stress or a compromising situation that legally excuses a party from an apparent legal obligation
Keywords:  subject
To subject to duress.