coercion
Definition
Improper use (or threat of improper use) of authority, economic power, physical force, or other such advantage, by a party to compel another to submit to the wishes of its wielder. Agreements entered into, or testaments signed, under coercion are considered illegal and invalid. See also duress and undue influence.
coercion is in the Agreements & Contracts, Corporate, Commercial, & General Law and Entrepreneurship, Management, & Leadership subjects.
coercion appears in the definitions of the following terms: third degree method, tying arrangement, extortion, undue influence, consent and duress
coercion appears in these other term: substantive coercion risk
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