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in·duce·ment /in-'düs-mənt, -'dyüs-/ n1: factual matter presented by way of introduction or background to explain the principal allegations of a legal cause (as of slander or libel) compare innuendo2: a significant offer or act that promises or encouragesthe inducement s amounted to entrapment
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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allurement, attraction, blandishment, causa, cause, consideration, drive, encouragement, enticement, exhortation, fillip, goad, incitamentum, incitation, incitement, influence, inlecebra, inspiration, instigation, persuasion, persuasiveness, pressure, prompting, provocation, provocative, stimulant, stimulater, stimulation, stimulative, stimulus, urging
associated concepts: fraud in the inducement, inducement to purchase, material inducement
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bribery, catalyst, cause (reason), coercion, consideration (recompense), decoy, determinant, force (compulsion), hush money, incentive, instigation, invitation, motive, persuasion, prize, provocation, reason (basis), seduction, stimulus
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.The benefit that persuades a party to enter a contract; the motive that causes someone to commit a crime.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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n. In contract law, the material reason for undertaking certain obligations. In criminal law, motive or that which leads to the commission of a crime.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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An advantage or benefit that precipitates a particular action on the part of an individual.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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An advantage or benefit that precipitates a particular action on the part of an individual.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.