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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

In criminal law. This offense consists in the attempt to influence a jury corruptly to one side or the other, by promises, persuasions, entreaties, entertainments, douceurs, and the like. The person guilty of it is called an "embraeeor."

Brown; Sinte v. Williams, 136 Mo. 293, 38 S. W. 75; Grannis v. Branden, 5 Day (Conn.) 274, 5 Am. Dee, 143; Sinte v. Brown. 95 N. C. 686; Brown v. Beauchamp, 5 T. B. Mon. (Ky.) 415, 17 Am. Dec. 81.