Embracery - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition embracery

Definition :

Embracery, an attempt to influence a jury corruptly in favour of one party in a trial, by promises, persuasions, entreaties, money, entertainments, and the like. The punishment for this mis-demeanour in the person embracing and the juror embraced is, by the Common Law, and also by the (English) County Juries Act, 1825 (6 Geo. 4, c. 50),

s. 61, fine and imprisonment.