Procure

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

To contrive, effect, or bring about; to cause. Long v. State, 23 Neb. 45, 30 N. W. 310. There is a clear legal distinction between procuring an act to be done and suffering It to be done. 2 Ben. 19G. PROCUREUR OE LA R^PUBLIQUE. The corresponding to the prosecuting attorney in the United States. See Juge DTnstruction.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In criminal law, and in analogous uses elsewhere, to "procure" is to initiate a proceeding to cause a thing to be done; to instigate; to contrive, bring about, effect or cause. See U. S. v. Wilson. 28 Fed. Cas. 710; Gore v. Lloyd, 12 Mees. & W. 480; Marcus v. Bernstein, 117 N. C. 31, 23 S. E. 38; Rosenbarger v. State, 154 Ind. 425, 56 N. E. 914; Long v. State, 23 Neb. 33, 36 N. W. 310.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

A bankrupt procures the seizure of his property when the initiation of <the proceeding comes from him, when he is the person who begins to procure, when he caused the thing to be done, in the ordinary sense of the word.' But signing, however reluctantly and imder pressure, a warrant to confess judgment, under a stipulation that the warrant should not unnecessarily be put in force, is " suffering;" a taking. Decisions on "procuring" have no application on " suffering." ^ See further Suffer; Preference. To " procure a female to have illicit carnal connection with any man " refers to intercourse with another than the "procurer" or "procuress."* See Adduction. As to procuress, see Bawd. See also Abet; Conspiracy.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

In a statute making it an offence to " procure a female to have illicit carnal connection with any man," does not cover the offence of seduction. The natural meaning of the word procure is, that the illicit intercourse is with some person other than the one who commits the offence of procuring, &c. People v. Boderigas, 49 Ccd. 9. There is a clearly recognized legal distinction between procuring an act to be done, and suffering it to be done. Matter of Black, 2 Ben. 196.