Category:Subornation

Sub`or*na"tion, n. Etym: [f. subornation.]

1. (law)

Defn: the act of suborning; the crime of procuring a person to take Such a false oath as constitutes perjury. Blackstone.

2. The sin or offense of procuring one to do a criminal or bad Action, as by bribes or persuasion. Foul subornation is predominant. Shak. The sort of chicanery attending the subornation of managers in the Leibnitz controversy. De quinsey.