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Choose the correct answers from the following alternatives given
When the consent to an agreement is obtained by coercion, the contract is:

A

valid

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void

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C

voidable

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D

Illegal

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Solution

The correct option is D voidable
Where consent to an agreement is caused by coercion, the agreement is a contract voidable at the option of the party whose consent was so caused.
Hence, C is the correct option.

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