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In Virginia, duress is defined as the overbearing of a person's free will by an unlawful or wrongful act or by threat such that the party's consent to a contractual agreement is involuntary.. Or, consider these words of Chief Justice Robert Gross of the District Court of Appeal of Florida in Francaville:
For duress to qualify as a defense, four requirements must be met: 1  The threat must be of serious bodily harm or death. 2  The threatened harm must be greater than the harm caused by the crime. 3  The threat must be immediate and inescapable. 4  The defendant must have become involved in the situation through no fault of his own.