Found 3 items, similar to Duress.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: duress paksaan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: duress duress n : compulsory force or threat; “confessed under duress”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Duress Duress \Du*ress"\, v. t. To subject to duress. “The party duressed.” --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Duress \Du"ress\, n. [OF. duresse, du?, hardship, severity, L. duritia, durities, fr. durus hard. See Dure.] 1. Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty. [1913 Webster] The agreements . . . made with the landlords during the time of slavery, are only the effect of duress and force. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offense. [1913 Webster]