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duress

duress Duress is pressure or compulsion exerted by another person, especially in a legal sense that could provide grounds for relief.

Duress is pressure or compulsion exerted by another person, especially in a legal sense that could provide grounds for relief. In this historical passage, it is contrasted with incapacity arising from insanity.

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Drafting source: Tuke, A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine. 1892 original US edition; OCR SHA-256 7ec833f3f4ff2826cb5eba1722a767adae625ac9f49f83035a464dc975564f96. “Tuke, A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine” (dictionaryofpsyc01tuke:chars-1522500-1534500).
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