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duress [djʊəˈres] N

Usage examples with duress

a contract signed under duress
在威胁下签订的合约

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Several major institutions either failed, were acquired under duress, or were subject to government takeover.
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Financial duress after the bankruptcy of his bank may have imposed a special need to be productive.
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Since there were other lawful remedies other than immediate self-help, duress was denied.
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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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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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The arteries of the brain come under duress and their capacity is reduced by 40 percent.
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He concluded that necessity rather than duress of circumstances would apply because the doctor's will was not being overwhelmed by the threat.
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But more recently, duress of circumstance and necessity have been recognized and used by courts.
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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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It was asserted that regular use of tobacco while under duress would not only calm the soldiers, but allow them to withstand greater hardship.
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