Halakhah for Nedarim 53:5
<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> נדרי אונסין הדירו חבירו שיאכל אצלו וחלה הוא או שחלה בנו או שעכבו נהר הרי אלו נדרי אונסין:
According to Raba, the second clause agrees with the Rabbis [only], and the first clause with all.
Sefer HaChinukh
Not to punish one coerced into a sin: That we have been prevented from judging one who is coerced into doing a sin, which is to say that we should not punish any person for a thing that he does against his will. And about this is it stated (Deuteronomy 22:26), "But to the maiden you shall not do a thing, etc." And this is a negative commandment that includes anyone that is coerced into doing a bad deed; that we should not punish him for it. And explicitly did they, of blessed memory, say (Sanhedrin 27a), "The Merciful One exempts the one coerced, as it states, 'But to the maiden you shall not do a thing.'"
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