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A defense asserted in a criminal prosecution that a person who committed a crime did not do so of his or her own free will, but only because the individual was compelled by another through the use of physical force or threat of immediate serious bodily injury or death.
In such cases, the legal charges will probably be battery and not assault, since contact was actually made. Remember that any intentional act that causes another person to fear that they might be struck or contacted is probably going to be considered assault, not battery.