When an officer tries to write you a ticket you should immediately identify it as a bill of exchange and state you are willing to accept his presentment and demand the original bill.
Another View: When you feel that you are being pressured to sign a legal document you may add a notation to the signature block indicating - 'signed under duress' - which will lead any subsequent reader of the document to question the circumstances of your signature. If this would be a judicial authority, then after hearing your explanation, THEY will rule on whether "duress" was present or not.
Added: The concept of signing under protest and duress rarely means what people want it to mean. Unless you are physically being forced to sign something, you should not sign something you don't agree to. Absent the threat of physical force, courts are generally unwilling to accept that a signature was coerced. In the case of a traffic ticket, a signature merely notes receipt of the citation, not fault. Unless you contest that the officer is presenting you with a copy of the citation, there is no reason to refuse to sign, but refusal to sign may land you in jail. Further, the courts are not blind to parties' attempts to avoid liability, and often react harshly to uninformed attempts to avoid the law such as those noted in the first paragraph.
If you answer to an action taken under protest and duress , it means that you are under protest because you do not agree to what is being said and do not wish to make a contract and duress means that someone if forcing you to do it agaist your will which makes the document void on its face , or not valid if you use that in connection with your signature. i hope this clears things up in your mind , cheers !!! you can also learn more @ thinkfree.ca and tpuc.org
A document signed under duress is invalid. The only problem is proving the duress.
V.C. is the latin term for signing under duress.
There are 3 classes of duress. 1. Duress to person 2. Duress to property 3. Economic Duress Contracts under into under duress to property and economic duress are voidable. Hence the injured party can choose to rescind the contract or affirm it. But for contracts entered into under duress to person, the contract is void at the start. It is treated as though there is no contract.
Her confession will be invalid if it was given while under duress.
A contract signed under duress is typically considered voidable, meaning that the party who signed under duress has the option to either affirm or void the contract.
the statement you gave should be inadmissable in court because it was given under duress
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duress means when you are under pressure in any case and some one apply pressure to accept the offense which you are not committed. this is duress
When someone 'forces' you to sign anything, it has been signed 'under duress', and is not considered a valid contract.If you explain the situation during the time you signed the paper to the court and tell them that you signed it 'under duress', the judge should dis-allow the paper to be used as evidence against you.
If duress can be shown, no it would not be legal. Proving it can be difficult but it is not impossible.