What is violence?

Violence as a vice of consent is the physical or moral force exerted on one of the parties to give their consent in a legal act.

It invalidates the consent when it is irresistible and produces a well-founded fear of suffering an imminent and serious harm to his person or property or family.

Violence must be proven by whoever suffers it. The evidence may consist of documents, witnesses, experts or any other means that demonstrate that the violence was irresistible and produced a well-founded fear of suffering an imminent and serious harm.

Violence can be of two types:

• Absolute: it is the one that is exerted on the person without taking into account their will, for example, through beatings, kidnapping, etc. Annuls the legal act for lack of consent.
• Relative: is the one that is exercised on the will of the person, taking into account their personal circumstances, such as their age, sex, marital status, etc. Annuls the legal act by defect of consent.

Related concepts

• Vices of consent
• Fraud
• Intimidation
• Error
• Legal act
• What are the essential aspects of the object of a legal act?
• Annullability
• Nullity