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.
In Silliman v. U.S.,60 for example, a claim of duress. was rejected because the claimants' duty, if they expected to rely. upon the law for protection, was to disregard the threat of the. department, and apply to the courts for redress against its repudia-. tion of a valid contract.