GroundRules
28-2-402: What constitutes duress.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
- CHAPTER 2. CONTRACTS
- Part 4. Circumstances Which Affect Validity of Apparent Consent
Duress consists in:
(1) unlawful confinement of the person of the party, of the husband or wife of such party, or of an ancestor, descendant, or adopted child of such party, husband, or wife;
(2) unlawful detention of the property of any such person; or
(3) confinement of such person, lawful in form but fraudulently obtained or fraudulently made unjustly harassing or oppressive.
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