Law an illegal attempt to influence or instruct a jury
Origin of embracery
Middle English embracerie: see embraceembracery
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embracery
noun
pl. em·brac·er·iesThe 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. Also called bracery .
Origin of embracery
Middle English embracerie from embracen to influence a jury by illegal means, to embrace ; see embrace .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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embracery - Legal Definition
n
The act of illegally
influencing or corrupting a juror or an entire jury to reach a particular
result.
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