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  "heading": "Duress directed against third persons",
  "text": "Duress vitiates consent also when the threatened injury is directed against the spouse, an ascendant, or descendant of the contracting party.\n\nIf the threatened injury is directed against other persons, the granting of relief is left to the discretion of the court.",
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