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COMMON LAW DEFENSE [1 record]

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Record 1 2014-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Penal Law
  • Offences and crimes
CONT

Duress in the context of contract law is a common law defense, and if one is successful in proving that the contract is vitiated by duress, the contract may be rescinded, since it is then voidable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droit pénal
  • Infractions et crimes
CONT

Il est possible d'avoir recours aux moyens de défense prévus par la common law.

OBS

moyens de défense en common law : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel dans ce contexte.

Key term(s)
  • moyen de défense prévu par la common law

Spanish

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