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inducement
in·duce·ment I0114100 (ĭn-do͞os′mənt, -dyo͞os′-)n.1. Something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive: tax breaks intended as an inducement to greater reinvestment.2. The act or process of inducing: the inducement of sleep.3. Law Misrepresentation that leads a person to enter into a contract or transaction with a false understanding of the risks and obligations: fraud in the inducement.inducement (ɪnˈdjuːsmənt) n1. the act of inducing2. a means of inducing; persuasion; incentive3. (Law) law (in pleading) the introductory part that leads up to and explains the matter in disputein•duce•ment (ɪnˈdus mənt, -ˈdyus-)
n. 1. something that induces or persuades; incentive. 2. the act of inducing. 3. the state of being induced. [1585–95] syn: See motive. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  inducement - a positive motivational influence incentive, motivatorrational motive - a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argumentdynamic, moral force - an efficient incentive; "they hoped it would act as a spiritual dynamic on all churches" | | 2. |  inducement - act of bringing about a desired result; "inducement of sleep"inducingcausation, causing - the act of causing something to happencorruption - inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony); "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering" |
inducementnoun incentive, motive, cause, influence, reward, come-on (informal), spur, consideration, attraction, lure, bait, carrot (informal), encouragement, impulse, stimulus, incitement, clarion call They offer every inducement to encourage investment.inducementnoun1. Something that causes and encourages a given response:encouragement, fillip, impetus, impulse, incentive, motivation, prod, push, spur, stimulant, stimulation, stimulator, stimulus.2. Something that attracts, especially with the promise of pleasure or reward:allurement, bait, come-on, enticement, inveiglement, invitation, lure, seduction, temptation.Translationsinducement
inducement Law (in pleading) the introductory part that leads up to and explains the matter in dispute InducementElectraincited brother, Orestes, to kill their mother and her lover. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 92; Gk. Lit.: Electra, Orestes]Hezekiahexhorts Judah to stand fast against Assyrians. [O.T.: II Chronicles 32:6–8]Lantier, Etienneexhorts fellow miners to massive strike. [Fr. Lit.: Germinal]Mannon, Lavinia20th-century Electra in New England. [Am. Lit.: Mourning Becomes Electra]Salomebeguilingly prompts decapitation of John the Baptist. [N.T.: Mark 6:22–28]Tricoteusessobriquet of battle-exhorting women at French Convention. [Fr. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1100]Tyrtaeus(fl. 7th century B.C.) elegist; roused Spartans to Messenian triumph. [Gk. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1111]inducement
Related to inducement: expedientsInducementAn advantage or benefit that precipitates a particular action on the part of an individual. In the law of contracts, the inducement is a pledge or promise that causes an individual to enter into a particular agreement. An inducement to purchase is something that encourages an individual to buy a particular item, such as the promise of a price reduction. Consideration is the inducement to a contract. In Criminal Law, the term inducement is the motive, or that which leads an individual to engage in criminal conduct. inducement 1 the introductory part of a pleading that leads up to and explains the matter in dispute. 2 the kind of conduct which may be struck at by inducing a breach of contract. INDUCEMENT, pleading. The statement of matter which is introductory to the principal subject of the declaration or plea, &c., but which is necessary to explain and elucidate it; such matter as is not introductory to or necessary to elucidate the substance or gist of the declaration or plea, &c. nor is collaterally applicable to it, not being inducement but surplusage. Inducement or conveyance, which. are synonymous terms, is in the nature of a preamble to an act of assembly, and leads to the Principal subject of the declaration or plea, &c. the same as that does to the purview or providing clause of the act. For instance, in an action for a nuisance to property in the possession of the plaintiff, the circumstance of his being possessed of the property should be stated as inducement, or byway of introduction to the mention of the nuisance. Lawes, Pl. 66, 67; 1 Chit. Pl. 292; Steph. Pl. 257; 14 Vin. Ab. 405; 20 Id. 845; Bac. Ab. Pleas. &c. I 2. INDUCEMENT, contracts, evidence. The moving cause of an action.
2. In contracts, the benefit.which the obligor is to receive is the inducement to making them. Vide Cause; Consideration.
3. When a person is charged with a crime, he is sometimes induced to make confessions by the flattery of hope, or the torture of fear. When such confessions are made in consequence of promises or threats by a person in authority, they cannot be received in evidence. In England a distinction has been made between temporal and spiritual inducements; confessions made under the former are not receivable in evidence, while the latter may be admitted. Joy on Conf. ss. 1 and 4. inducement
Related to inducement: expedientsSynonyms for inducementnoun incentiveSynonyms- incentive
- motive
- cause
- influence
- reward
- come-on
- spur
- consideration
- attraction
- lure
- bait
- carrot
- encouragement
- impulse
- stimulus
- incitement
- clarion call
Synonyms for inducementnoun something that causes and encourages a given responseSynonyms- encouragement
- fillip
- impetus
- impulse
- incentive
- motivation
- prod
- push
- spur
- stimulant
- stimulation
- stimulator
- stimulus
noun something that attracts, especially with the promise of pleasure or rewardSynonyms- allurement
- bait
- come-on
- enticement
- inveiglement
- invitation
- lure
- seduction
- temptation
Synonyms for inducementnoun a positive motivational influenceSynonymsRelated Words- rational motive
- dynamic
- moral force
noun act of bringing about a desired resultSynonymsRelated Words- causation
- causing
- corruption
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