Embracery

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Embracery \Em*bra"cer*y\, n. (Law)
     An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by
     promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or
     other improper inducements.
     [1913 Webster]



From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  EMBRACERY, crim. law. An attempt to corrupt or influence a jury, or any way 
  incline them to be more favorable to the one side than to the other, by 
  money, promises, threats, or persuasions; whether the juror on whom such 
  attempt is made give any verdict or not, or whether the Verdict be true or 
  false. Hawk. 259; Bac. Ab. Juries, M 3; Co. Litt. 157, b, 369, a; Hob. 294; 
  Dy. 84, a, pl. 19; Noy, 102; 1 Str. 643; 11 Mod. 111, 118; Com. 601; 5 
  Cowen, 503.