圧おう状じょう

noun

document written under duress

Archaic legal term for a document signed or written under coercion, often in historical contexts.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには、圧おう状じょうによって土と地ちを奪うばわれた例れいが記しるされている。

  Ancient documents record cases where land was seized through documents written under duress.

noun

coercion

Rare synonym for 往生 (おうじょう) in the sense of forcing someone into a difficult situation; primarily found in older texts.

See also: 往生 (おうじょう)

• 「圧おう状じょう」が「往おう生じょう」の意い味みで使つかわれることは稀まれで、現げん代だいではほとんど見みられない。

  It is rare for 圧状 to be used in the sense of 往生, and it is hardly seen in modern usage.