duress in the PONS Dictionary

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duress Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

testimony under duress
свидетелски показания, дадени под натиск
under duress
под натиск
under duress
по принуда

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The accused had raised that the common law defence of duress applied.
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The arteries of the brain come under duress and their capacity is reduced by 40 percent.
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However, duress is not a complete defense to all crimes.
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Using duress as a defence is limited in a number of ways.
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Duress operates as an excuse but necessity operates as a justification, rendering the defendant's conduct lawful.
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Reeves retracted his confession, which was derived under duress.
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When he had finished his orders, those dancing under the duress of possession got exhausted and fell flat on the ground.
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Violent protests arose against the decree, arguing it had been properly decided upon, badly edited or passed under duress.
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He recanted under duress from gangsters the next week, and was charged with perjury.
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He held that the same principle should apply even where the vitiating factor was something else: undue influence or duress, for example.
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