Duress - sustany/dvg GitHub Wiki

Duress refers to a situation where one person makes unlawful threats or otherwise engages in coercive behavior that causes another person to commit acts that they would otherwise not commit.�

In McCord v. Goode, 308 S.W.3d 409, the court defined duress as �unlawful conduct or a threat of unlawful conduct of such a character as to destroy the other party's exercise of free will and judgment�the threat must be imminent and the party must have no present means of protection.� A similar definition was laid down by the court in the case of Williams v. Williams, 939 So.2d 1154, in which the court noted that duress �is a condition of mind produced by an improper external pressure or influence that practically destroys the free agency of a party and causes him to do an act or make a contract not of his own volition.�