In criminal law. This offense consists in the attempt to influence a Jury corruptly to one side or the other, by promises, persuasions, entreaties, entertainments, douceurs, and the like. The person guilty of it is called an “embraceor.” Brown; State v. williams, 136 Mo. 293, 38 S. W. 75; Grannis v. Branden, 5 Day (Conn.) 274, 5 Am. Dec. 143; State v. Brown, 95 N. C. 686; Brown v. Beauchamp, 5 T. B. Mon. (Ey.) 415, 17 Am. Dec. 8L
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
