Embracery Definition

ĕm-brāsə-rē
embraceries
noun
The criminal offense of attempting to affect a jury's decision making through means other than evidence and argument in open court, as by instruction outside of the courtroom, threats, or bribery.
American Heritage
An illegal attempt to influence or instruct a jury.
Webster's New World
The act of illegally influencing or corrupting a juror or an entire jury to reach a particular result.
Webster's New World Law

Other Word Forms of Embracery

Noun

Singular:
embracery
Plural:
embraceries

Origin of Embracery

  • Middle English embracerie from embracen to influence a jury by illegal means, to embrace embrace

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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