Source Word
duress
IPA(Pronunciation)
Noun
obsolete
uncountable
Japanese Meaning
脅迫による強制(脅迫により何かをさせられる状態) / 厳しい扱い(旧義:厳格で酷い扱い)
Sense(1)
Sense(2)
Sense(3)
(law)
Restraint
in
which
a
person
is
influenced,
whether
by
lawful
or
unlawful
forceful
compulsion
of
their
liberty
by
monition
or
implementation
of
physical
enforcement;
legally
for
the
incurring
of
civil
liability,
of
a
citizen's
arrest,
or
of
subrogation,
or
illegally
for
the
committing
of
an
offense,
of
forcing
a
contract,
or
of
using
threats.