Sedition
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Conduct tending towards treason, but wanting an overt act; attempts made, by meetings or speeches, or by publications, to disturb the tranquillity of the state, which do not amount to treason. All contempts against the sovereign and the government, and riotous assemblies for political purposes, may be ranked under the head of sedition. In the Scotch law, sedition is distinguished from leasing making, in that leasing making consists of libellous attacks upon the private character of the sovereign, while sedition is directed against the government and constitution.
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