A threat; the declaration or show of a disposition or determination to inflict an evil or injury upon another. Cum-ming v. State, 99 Ga. 662, 27 S. E. 177; Mor-rill v. Nightingale, 93 Cal. 452, 28 Pac. 1068, 27 Am. St Rep. 207
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
