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How to use duress in a sentence

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You can't get somebody to do something by force, by duress, by overcoming their will.
But she said that while both parties consented to arranged marriages, forced unions were made under duress.
Maybe they were under duress, either directly manifested or social, to be seen celebrating.
This coincides with the current division in the law as represented by the twin doctrines of undue influence and economic duress.
Leaves attacked by insects or disease, on the other hand, die under duress, spotted and curled.
His smile was charming, and his eyes bright and winsome, and with his aura came an atmosphere of leisure accompanied by a tinge of duress.
There were a lot of stories around before the election that people were urged to vote under duress.
The most obvious examples are forgery, duress or mistake as to the nature of the form being signed.
It may sound unfashionably Corinthian but sport's best lesson to young people is control and grace under duress.
Though the church consistently backed the state under communism, it clearly did so under duress and the threat of increased persecution.
My wife was forced under extreme duress to sign consent orders which are not in the best interests of the children.
Today there is much overlap with the common law principle of duress as this principle has subsequently been developed.
We all know the commitments were entered into under duress, with teachers threatening to effectively shut down the system and block exams.
In fact, experience shows that intelligence extracted by duress is often flawed.
At a preparatory hearing he raised possible defences of duress, necessity and public interest.
Others even suggest that advocacy organizations have paid women to say they signed permissions under duress.
It's excruciating to watch someone so young, who probably should be free of such pressure, clearly suffering under duress.
On the one hand, if it can be established that money is paid over by duress or compulsion, it is recoverable.
As stated above, generally speaking, necessity is a broader heading than duress.
This is the cornerstone that must be laid carefully or the building will fall under the slightest duress.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The commission, extorted by force, is null and void when the duress is removed.
It was a rough and blowy night when Cowperwood started for this institution under duress.
Was she in duress either from this Ironhook or from her father, or from both?
She bade Hagen then be led away to duress, where he lay locked in and where none did see him.
Where fraud or duress is used in obtaining a party's consent to a contract, the contract is at least voidable.
The principle involved is that a title obtained by fraud or duress is voidable.
He was in duress as a Leaguer spy, to await King Henry's will.
The Public Prosecution charged them with torturing a detainee into confessing under duress as stipulated in the provisions of the Penal Law.
Crayfish under duress show signs of anxiety, scientists report in the June 13 Science.
Because of all of these factors, it was determined that an enterprise-wide mobile duress system from Inovonics was the ideal solution.
When the consent of either party was obtained by force, duress or fraud.
Their lawyer Seham Sulaibeekh claimed they only confessed under duress at the Public Prosecution.
He was a mechanic, brought along under some duress to service the machine.
He considered himself as, in fact, in duress, and his actions as not free.
The crowd without gave way, and several warriors entered the place, bringing with them the hapless conjurer, who had been left so long by the scout in duress.
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