intimidation
Defined in 5 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
United States Code
18 U.S.C. § 1514 — as used in this section
the term “intimidation” means a serious act or course of conduct directed at a specific person that—
(i) causes fear or apprehension in such person; and
(ii) serves no legitimate purpose;
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
O^e act of in Umidatlng or making fearful; the state of being intimidated. In Old English Law. By the stat. 38 and 39 Viet c. 86, 7, every person commits a misdemeanor, who wrongfully uses violence to; or intimidates, any other person, or his wife or children, with a view to compel hiih to abstain from doing, or to do, any act which he has a legal right to do or abstain from doing. See Dtjbess.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In English law. Every person commits a misdemeanor, punishable with a fine or imprisonment, who wrongfully uses violence to or intimidates any other person or his wife or children, with a view to compel him to abstain from doing or to do, any act which he has a legal right to do or abstain from doing. (St 38 & 39 Viet c. 86, § 7.) This enactment is chiefly directed against outrages by trades-unions. Sweet. There are similar statutes in many of the United States. See Payne v. Railroad Co., 13 Lea (Tenn.) 514, 49 Am. Rep. 666; Embry v. Com., 79 Ky. 441.
— Intimidation of voters. This, by statute in several of the states, is made a criminal offense. Under an early Pennsylvania act, it was held that, to constitute the offense of intimidation of voters, there must be a preconceived intention for the purpose of intimidating the officers or interrupting the election. Respublica v. Gibbs, 3 Yeates (Pa.) 429.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Englishlaw. Ev-_ ery person commits a misdemeanor, punishable wilh a fine or imprisonment, who wrongfully uses violence to or trtimidutes any other person, or his wife or children, with a view to compel him to abstain from doing, or to do, any act which he has a legal right to do, or abstuin from doing. (St. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 86, § 7.) This enactment is chielly directed against outrages by trades-unions. Sweet. There are similar statutes in many of the United States.