Dures. In English law, is the plea of a man who has obliged himself to pay or perform, or who has committed a misdemeanour, under compulsion by restraint of liberty, or threat of loss of life and limb. In such cases he may plead to be held free of the consequences.
Dures.
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 130
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