- confession under duress
- зізнання, зроблене під (незаконним) тиском
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confession under duress
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admission under duress — confession under pressure or coercion … English contemporary dictionary
duress — n. under duress (to sign a confession under duress) * * * [djʊ(ə) res] under duress (to sign a confession under duress) … Combinatory dictionary
duress — [doo res′, dyoores′] n. [ME dures < OFr durece < L duritia, hardness, harshness < durus, hard < IE base * deru , tree, oak (orig. ? hard) > TREE] 1. imprisonment 2. the use of force or threats; compulsion [a confession signed under … English World dictionary
duress — [[t]djʊəre̱s, AM dʊr [/t]] N UNCOUNT: usu under N To do something under duress means to do it because someone forces you to do it or threatens you. [FORMAL] The diplomat would not comment on whether he thought her confession had been made under… … English dictionary
duress — du|ress [djuˈres US du ] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: duresce, from Latin durus hard ] illegal or unfair threats under duress ▪ The confession was obtained under duress … Dictionary of contemporary English
duress — noun (U) formal illegal or unfair threats: under duress (=using unfair threats): The confession was obtained under duress … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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