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INDUCEMENT, contracts, evidence (law)


INDUCEMENT, contracts, evidence. The moving cause of an action. 2. In contracts, the benefit.which the obligor is to receive is the 2. In contracts, the benefit.which the obligor is to receive is the inducement to making them. Vide Cause; Consideration. inducement to making them. Vide Cause; Consideration. 3. When a person is charged with a crime, he is sometimes induced to 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 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 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 authority, they cannot be received in evidence. In England a distinction has been made between temporal and spiritual inducements; confessions made under been made between temporal and spiritual inducements; confessions made under the former are not receivable in evidence, while the latter may be admitted. the former are not receivable in evidence, while the latter may be admitted. Joy on Conf. ss. 1 and 4. Joy on Conf. ss. 1 and 4.