Persuasion — Law Dictionary

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The act of influencing by expostulation or request. While the persuasion is confined within those limits which leave the mind free, it may be used to induce another to make his will, or even to make it in his own favor. But if such persuasion should so far operate on the mind of the testator that he would be deprived of a perfectly free will, it would vitiate the instrument; Miller v. Miller, 3 S. & R. (Pa.) 269, 8 Am. Dec. 651.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered or by anything that moves the mind or passions or inclines the will to a determination. See Marx v. Threet, 133 Ala. 340, 30 South. 831.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

The act of in, be true. va fluencing by expostulation or re- PETTY AVERAGE. Vide quest. While the persuasion is con- Average. fined within those limits which leave PETTY-BAG. Engl. law. An the mind free, it may be used to in- office in the court of chancery, apduce another to make his will, or propriated for suits against attorneys even to make it in his own favour; and officers of the court; and for but if such persuasion should so far: process and proceedings, by extent operate on the mind of the testator, on statutes, recognizances, ad quod that he would be deprived of a per- damnum, and the like. T. dela Ley. sing neither knowledge, law, nor conscience.