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Embracery
(gcide) | Embracery \Em*bra"cer*y\, n. (Law)
An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by
promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or
other improper inducements.
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EMBRACERY
(bouvier) | EMBRACERY, crim. law. An attempt to corrupt or influence a jury, or any way
incline them to be more favorable to the one side than to the other, by
money, promises, threats, or persuasions; whether the juror on whom such
attempt is made give any verdict or not, or whether the Verdict be true or
false. Hawk. 259; Bac. Ab. Juries, M 3; Co. Litt. 157, b, 369, a; Hob. 294;
Dy. 84, a, pl. 19; Noy, 102; 1 Str. 643; 11 Mod. 111, 118; Com. 601; 5
Cowen, 503.
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EMBRACERY
(bouvier) | EMBRACERY, crim. law. An attempt to corrupt or influence a jury, or any way
incline them to be more favorable to the one side than to the other, by
money, promises, threats, or persuasions; whether the juror on whom such
attempt is made give any verdict or not, or whether the Verdict be true or
false. Hawk. 259; Bac. Ab. Juries, M 3; Co. Litt. 157, b, 369, a; Hob. 294;
Dy. 84, a, pl. 19; Noy, 102; 1 Str. 643; 11 Mod. 111, 118; Com. 601; 5
Cowen, 503.
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