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. … [Read more...]

An act by which a person, who was once in the power of another, is rendered free. For example, President Lincoln declared the Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves from their masters and, after the Civil War, this emancipation was made a part of the Constitution with the 13th Amendment. Modern day this term usually refers to the time when a child is free from parental … [Read more...]

A human embryo from the date of conception to the eighth week of gestation. … [Read more...]

The proclamation of Abraham Lincoln in 1862 which declared the freedom of all black slaves during the Civil War. … [Read more...]

Amends; something given in reparation for a trespass; or, in old Saxon times, in compensation for an Injury or crime. Spelman. … [Read more...]