1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 28
  3. CHAPTER 2
  4. Part 4
  5. 28-2-403 What constitutes menace

TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

CHAPTER 2. CONTRACTS

Part 4. Circumstances Which Affect Validity of Apparent Consent

What Constitutes Menace

28-2-403. What constitutes menace. Menace consists in a threat of:

(1) such duress as is specified in subsections (1) and (3) of 28-2-402;

(2) unlawful and violent injury to the person or property of any such person in circumstances described in 28-2-402; or

(3) injury to the character of any such person.

History: En. Sec. 2115, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4976, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7478, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1570; Field Civ. C. Sec. 755; re-en. Sec. 7478, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 13-306; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 117, L. 1979.