Legal Definition and Related Resources of Constraint
Meaning of Constraint
In Scotch law. Duress. It is a general rule that when one is compelled into a contract there is no effectual consent, though, ostensibly, there is the form of it. In such case, the contract will be declared void. The constraint requisite thus to annul a contract must be a vis aut metus qui cadet in constantem virum, such as would shake a man of firmness and resolution. Ersk. Inst. 3. 1. 16; Id. 4. 1. 26; 1 Bell, Comm. bk. 3, pt. 1, c. 1, § 1, art. 1, p. 295.
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