Sentence examples for duress as from inspiring English sources

(In all cases we refer, of course, to agreements made voluntarily, and without coencion or duress as between the parties.

Within hours of stepping down, Mr. Nasheed told reporters that he had quit under duress as security forces threatened bloodshed if he did not resign.

The Lumia 900 is proof that although Nokia and Microsoft teamed up under duress, as their competitors forged ahead to redefine mobile computing, the partnership makes sense.

"We are all the poorer and less free if the lawyers representing such cases are threatened or placed under duress, as Mr Shiner has experienced.

2733, 171 L.Ed.2d 607 (2008) (describing fraud and duress as "traditional grounds for the abrogation of [a] contract" that speak to "unfair dealing at the contract formation stage"); Hume v. United States, 132 U.S. 406, 411, 414, 10 S.Ct.

DETROIT — Out of the 205 starts Justin Verlander has made in his major league career, he could not remember throwing as hard, or under as much duress, as he did against the Yankees on Monday night.

It recognizes complete excuses such as duress and provocation, as well as excuses that temper punishment.

But the inquiry becomes more complex when a doctrine normally thought to be generally applicable, such as duress or, as relevant here, unconscionability, is alleged to have been applied in a fashion that disfavors arbitration.

Eventually, the person said, the three men did agree — although, perhaps, under duress, from Dolan as well as the Nets.

Humphrey also foresees "LAFD TalkRadio" as a resource in times of duress, such as the response and recovery phase of a disaster.

Nor does emotion prove duress - as when FH Bradley writes to William James (in 1897) that "when I kicked the personal God off my premises, it wasn't wholly on intellectual grounds".