1. duress - Noun
2. duress - Verb
Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty.
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.
To subject to duress.
Source: Webster's dictionaryconfessed under duress Source: Internet
A pilot under duress may also elect to respond that the aircraft is not being hijacked, but then neglect to change to a different squawk code. Source: Internet
Beyond Loyalty. 1997, page 129 Civil rights attorney Wayne M. Collins successfully challenged most of these renunciations as invalid, owing to the conditions of duress and intimidation under which the government obtained them. Source: Internet
Calvin points out that human beings are typically expected to refrain from harming other human beings (except in times of extreme duress like war, or to save a greater number) and this is equivalent to a robot's First Law. Source: Internet
Corey Graves correctly noted that Sasha Banks cannot legally make Bayley sign a contract under duress. Source: Internet
However, and despite speaking under duress and with clear signs of torture, Enrique clearly stated that they were planning a peaceful protest and had indeed obtained all the legal authorizations required to carry out the peaceful protest. Source: Internet