| Leaves attacked by insects or disease, on the other hand, die under duress, spotted and curled. |
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| It may sound unfashionably Corinthian but sport's best lesson to young people is control and grace under duress. |
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| Though the church consistently backed the state under communism, it clearly did so under duress and the threat of increased persecution. |
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| But she said that while both parties consented to arranged marriages, forced unions were made under duress. |
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| He does not impose Himself by force, nor does He claim people under duress. |
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| We all know the commitments were entered into under duress, with teachers threatening to effectively shut down the system and block exams. |
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| It's excruciating to watch someone so young, who probably should be free of such pressure, clearly suffering under duress. |
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| They ruled that if defendants could show they were acting out of necessity or under duress the jury had the right to hear them out. |
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| Others even suggest that advocacy organizations have paid women to say they signed permissions under duress. |
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| The resignation of the President is not constitutional because he did that under duress and threat. |
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| Attorneys later took up his appeal on the grounds that he had surrendered his rights under duress. |
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| There were a lot of stories around before the election that people were urged to vote under duress. |
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| Maybe they were under duress, either directly manifested or social, to be seen celebrating. |
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| If there is one message from what's happened, it is that when this Government is in a jam, it volunteers little except under duress. |
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| He suggested that his apparent support for official policy was obtained under duress. |
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| In February of the following year the Sioux, under duress, relinquished their claim to the Black Hills. |
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| Firstly, he picked them up, and secondly, only turned around under duress. |
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| The past two decades have seen businesses globalising mostly under duress. |
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| Military experts point out that that code of conduct is a moral guide, not a legal guide, and that statements made under duress or torture are rarely punished or reprimanded. |
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| Some security firms have systems whereby staff can signal that they are acting under duress by dropping pre-arranged and seemingly innocuous words into their conversation. |
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| Once outside Canada, he filed an appeal arguing that his relinquishment should be considered null and void because he had signed under duress. |
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| Executions have been carried out in spite of claims by defendants that they were forced to confess to their guilt under duress. |
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| It is also necessary to know under what circumstances the documents were produced and to be sure that the person was not under duress. |
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| Team activities such as stress testing the balance sheets and verifying debt covenants under duress were common. |
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| The denial to citizens of their right to their electoral franchise by obtaining, under duress, their absentee voting certificate. |
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| The source further reports that confessions extracted under duress are systematically used as evidence in these courts. |
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| They may donate their organs as a last resort or under duress, and thus reduce their chances for good health and survival. |
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| The Court also disagreed with the trial judge that the Wolda had signed the ETA under duress. |
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| Often, confessions extracted under duress have been relied upon to convict defendants. |
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| Several witnesses told the court that these statements had been obtained under duress. |
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| One important issue is when an apparent consent will be vitiated because it was given under duress or without full knowledge of the material facts. |
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| Why, for example, were 400 people crammed under duress onto a leaky boat that, even if it were seaworthy, could carry no more than 150 people in safety? |
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| His stolid immobile attitude under duress is compared to sceptical acatalepsy, although it is admitted that this could also be attributed to Stoicism. |
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| It is a grim pilgrimage, a pilgrimage under duress, during which he is beset by threatening forces which he cannot fathom and yet needs to comprehend if he is to survive. |
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| Most assets sold under duress are discounted from their fair market value. |
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| Article 27 of the Code specifies that when it is found or proven that confessions of guilt have been obtained under duress, they are null and void. |
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| I learned to march, strip and clean a rifle, digest field rations, and ultimately have my hair cut under duress. |
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| Should it prove to be the case that such reports contain confessions obtained under duress, they are simply rejected and proceedings are initiated against their authors. |
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| Finally, with regard to article 15, he emphasized the importance of recording interrogations as a means of preventing the use of confessions obtained under duress. |
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| For example, in SAA 10 179 the haruspex Kudurru explains to Esarhaddon that, under duress, he had performed a fraudulent extispicy. |
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| The Papacy was never on good terms with the Normans of Sicily, except when under duress by the threat of direct military action. |
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| Several major institutions either failed, were acquired under duress, or were subject to government takeover. |
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| It was asserted that regular use of tobacco while under duress would not only calm the soldiers but allow them to withstand greater hardship. |
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| In fact, the measurements had been made under duress during a protest occupation of the platform, since Shell had refused permission. |
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| Citizens whose livelihood depended directly or indirectly upon the state were placed under duress to acquire and relinquish their absentee voting certificates to their superiors. |
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| Such reforms were usually undertaken under duress. |
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| The law limits the nature of the threat that has to be placed on a person for them to qualify as being under duress. |
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| Any claim that severance pay had been lost through resignations procured under duress would have fallen in all its aspects within the jurisdiction of the arbitrator. |
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| He retracted his initial confessions in court, claiming that they had been obtained under duress and identifying the names of those responsible for his ill-treatment. |
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| It was let down by engine noise which sounded quite boomy in the cabin, particularly when the 104mph Navara was put under duress on the motorway. |
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| The grievor submitted that in fact what he was signing had not been explained to him, and that he had signed the form under duress without knowledge of its importance or implications. |
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| When he was released, however, Francis had the Parliament of Paris denounce the treaty because it had been signed under duress. |
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| The stuff that's enabled me to beat him seven times, making passing shots under duress, making him play defence on his forehand, he did well today. |
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| Forced conversion is adoption of a different religion under duress. |
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| The victim of a crime committed under duress may be assumed to be morally innocent, having shown no hostility or aggression towards the defendant. |
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| Granatir likes to save some London broil from supper and use it to seriously test pup's ability to absorb the lesson and show a willingness to obey under duress. |
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| Ronald Towner, aged 25, Birbeck House, Guernsey Drive, Chelmsley Wood, was found not guilty by a jury after he denied producing cannabis on the basis he acted under duress. |
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