<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53-4-3 - Duress defined. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072018Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072018SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072018CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072018Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072018DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072018Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072018000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072018SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072018SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072018Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-4-3"><span class="s2072018SENU">53-4-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072018SENU">. </span><span class="s2072018CL">Duress defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072018Normal-000000"><span class="s2072018DefaultParagraphFont">Duress consists in:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072018Normal-000001"><span class="s2072018DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Actual or threatened unlawful confinement of the person of the party, or of husband or wife of such party, or of an ancestor, descendant, or adopted child of such party, husband, or wife; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072018Normal-000001"><span class="s2072018DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Actual or threatened confinement of any such person or persons lawful in form but fraudulently obtained or fraudulently made unjustly harassing or oppressive; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072018Normal-000001"><span class="s2072018DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Actual or threatened unlawful violent injury to the person or property of any such person or persons; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072018Normal-000001"><span class="s2072018DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Actual or threatened injury to the character of any such person or persons; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072018Normal-000001"><span class="s2072018DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Actual unlawful detention of the property of any such person.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072018Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072018000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072018Normal"><span class="s2072018SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072018SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, §§ 880, 881; CL 1887, §§ 3504, 3505; RCivC 1903, §§ 1198, 1199; RC 1919, §§ 813, 814; SDC 1939, § 10.0305.</span></p></div></body></html>