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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.
The domestic violence laws say âabuseâ is: 1  Physically hurting or trying to hurt someone intentionally or recklessly; 2  Sexual assault;  Making someone reasonably afraid that he or she or someone else is about to be seriously hurt (like threats or promises to harm someone); OR.