A real estate agent, Mr.Jones, was owed a $7000 commission, having sold property for Mr.Quick.Quick couldn't be found, but Jones did find Quick's wife and learned that she had over $20 000 in treasury bills.Jones told her that if she didn't assign to him $7000 of the $20 000, he would make sure her husband was imprisoned for his debts and "for other crimes" he knew about.If she did make an assignment in writing to Jones of the $7000 but later tried to void the agreement, she would argue which of the following?

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The wife was under duress, which is a form of coercion that involves threats of harm to a person, their reputation, or property. Therefore, if she tried to void the agreement, she could argue that she only made the agreement because she was under duress, which makes the agreement voidable.

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