☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Duress Defense

A defense to criminal liability asserting that the defendant committed a criminal act under threat of imminent death or serious bodily harm, where a reasonable person would have been unable to resist.

Etymology: Old French 'duresse' (hardship, constraint) · Category: Criminal Law · Source: Model Penal Code § 2.09
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