If you need a loan to purchase the lot for home construction, consider construction home loans from Citizens Bank. Our construction loans are designed to include both lot financing and construction financing in one simple borrowing option.
Duress is defined as making someone do something against his will, or making someone perform an illegal act, by using threats, coercion or other illicit means. An example of duress is when you torture a prisoner until he confesses.
Word Origin and History for duress Expand. n. early 14c., harsh or severe treatment, from Old French duresse, from Latin duritia hardness, from durus hard (see endure). The Old French suffix -esse is from Latin -itia, added to adjectives to form nouns of quality (cf. riches, largesse). Sense of coercion, compulsion is from 1590s.