Epic Theatres, Inc. Epic Theatres is a privately held motion picture theatre circuit currently operating 67 screens, at 6 sites, in 3 states. USA. epictheatres.com.
~~ Take a quiz on duress in contract law ~~. ~~ Play hangman on duress in contract law ~~. Duress in contract law relates to where a person enters an agreement as a result of threats. Where a party enters a contract because of duress they may have the contract set aside. Originally, the common law only recognised threats of unlawful physical violence, however, in more recent times the courts have recognised economic duress as giving rise to a valid claim.
Definition of duress. law. 1 : forcible restraint or restriction while the German army was still held in duress by the Versailles treaty â S. L. A. Marshall. 2 : compulsion (see compulsion 1a) by threat gave the statement under duress; specifically : unlawful constraint held under duress.