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Du"ress (?), n. [OF. duresse, du&unr_;, hardship, severity, L. duritia, durities, fr. durus hard. See Dure.] 1. Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty.
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The agreements . . . made with the landlords during the time of slavery, are only the effect of duress and force. Burke.
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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.
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Du*ress" (?), v. t. To subject to duress. “The party duressed.” Bacon.
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