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What (who) is duress$23344$ - definition
COMMON LAW DEFENCE
Duress in english law
Duress code
COVERT DISTRESS SIGNAL
Duress Password; Panic password; Hostage code
A duress code is a covert distress signal used by an individual who is being coerced by one or more hostile persons. It is used to warn others that they are being forced to do something against their will.
Duress in English law
Duress in English law is a complete common law defence, operating in favour of those who commit crimes because they are forced or compelled to do so by the circumstances, or the threats of another. The doctrine arises not only in criminal law but also in civil law, where it is relevant to contract law and trusts law.
Duress
PRACTICE OF FORCING ANOTHER PARTY TO ACT IN AN INVOLUNTARY MANNER BY USE OF THREATS OR FORCE
Coercive; Duress (contract law); Knifepoint; Economic coercion; Arm-twisting; Coerced; Coercive violene; Arm twisting; Coerce; At knifepoint; Coercive interrogation; Physical coercion; Duress; Coercing; Under duress; Forced crime
·vt To subject to duress.
II. Duress ·noun Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty.
III. Duress ·noun 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.
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Duress in English law
Duress in English law is a complete common law defence, operating in favour of those who commit crimes because they are forced or compelled to do so by the circumstances, or the threats of another. The doctrine arises not only in criminal law but also in civil law, where it is relevant to contract law and trusts law.
