See also:

• EMBRACERY (from the O. Fr. embraseour, an embracer, i.e. one who excites or instigates, literally one who sets on fire, from embraser, to kindle a fire; " embrace," i.e. to hold or clasp in the arms, is from O. Fr. em-bracer, Lat.'in and bracchia, arms)

EMBRACERY (from the O. Fr. embraseour, an embracer, i.e. one who excites or instigates, literally one who sets on See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, from embraser, to kindle a fire; " embrace," i.e. to hold or clasp in the arms, is from O. Fr. em-bracer, See also:

• LAT

Lat.'in and bracchia, arms)  , in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, the attempting to See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence a juryman corruptly to give his See also:

• VERDICT (O. Fr. verdit, Lat. vere dictum, truly said, used in Late Latin in one word with its present significance)

verdict in favour of one See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side or the other in a trial, by promise, persuasions, en-See also:

• TREATIES

treaties, See also:

• MONEY

money, entertainments and the like . It is an offence both at See also:

• COMMON

common law and by See also:

• STATUTE

statute, and punishable by See also:

• FINE

fine and imprisonment . As a statutory offence it See also:

• DATES

dates back to 136o . The offence is See also:

• COMPLETE

complete, FIG. i.—Fragment of a See also:

• LINEN

linen robe, found in the See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of Tethmosis (Thothmes) IV. at See also:

• THEBES (anciently &Oat, Thebae, or in poetry sometimes Oif3a, in modern Greek Phiva, or, according to the corrected pronunciation, Thivae)
• THEBES (e 3a1)
• THEBES, ROMANCE OF

Thebes, whether any verdict has been given and now in the See also:

• CAIRO
• CAIRO (Arabic Misr-al-Kahira, or simply Misr)

Cairo Museum . The See also:

• CARTOUCHE (a French word adapted from the Ital. cartoccio, a roll of paper, Med Lat. carta, for charta, paper)

cartouche has the name of Amenophis (Amenhotep) II. or not, and whether the verdict is in (c 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C.) . accordance with the See also:

• WEIGHT

weight of See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence or otherwise . The See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person making the See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt, and any juryman who consents, are equally punishable . The false verdict of a See also:

• JURY

jury, whether occasioned by See also:

• EMBRACERY (from the O. Fr. embraseour, an embracer, i.e. one who excites or instigates, literally one who sets on fire, from embraser, to kindle a fire; " embrace," i.e. to hold or clasp in the arms, is from O. Fr. em-bracer, Lat.'in and bracchia, arms)

embracery or otherwise, was formerly considered criminal, and jurors were severely punished, being proceeded against by See also:

• WRIT (O. Eng. gewrit, writ, from writan, to write)

writ of See also:

• ATTAINT, WRIT OF

attaint (q.v.) . The Juries See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of 1825, in abolishing writs of attaint, made a See also:

• SPECIAL

special exemption as regards jurors guilty of embracery (§ 61) . See also:

• PROSECUTION

Prosecution for the offence has been so extremely rare that when a See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case occurred in 1891 (R. v . See also:

• BAKER, HENRY (1698-1774)
• BAKER, SIR BENJAMIN (1840-1907)
• BAKER, SIR RICHARD (1568-1644/5)
• BAKER, SIR SAMUEL WHITE (1821-1893)
• BAKER, THOMAS (1656-1740)
• BAKER, VALENTINE [BAKER PASHA] (1827-1887)

Baker, 113, Cent . Crim .

Ct . Sess . Pap . 374) it was stated that no precedent could be found for the See also:

• INDICTMENT (from Anglo-Fr. enditernent, enditer, to charge; Lat. in, against, dictare, declare)

indictment . The See also:

• DEFENDANT

defendant was fined f,200, afterwards reduced to See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo .