Spiritualism
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Anderson (1889)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A belief in the power of departed spirits to communicate with the living by means of mediums. 160 111. App. 642.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Influence. Obtaining money upon a representation that the party obtaining it can cause the spirits of deceased persons to be present in a material form, is punishable under statutes against false pretenses. ^ See Pretense. While, as an abstract proposition, spiritualism does not prove insanity, a person may be a monomaniac upon that subject as upon any other form of religion.^