duress-contrainte: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is duress?duress is contrainte

What is contrainte?

  • Constraint by threat; coercion: confessed under duress.
    Contrainte par menace; contrainte : avoué sous la contrainte.
  • Law Coercion illegally applied.
    Loi La contrainte s’appliquait illégalement.
  • Law Forcible confinement.
    Loi Séquestration.