Instigation
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The act by which one incites another to do something; as, to injure a third person, or to commit some crime or misdemeanor, to commence a suit, or to prosecute a criminal.
See Accomplice.