INDUCEMENT

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of inducing, or the state of being induced.

2.
n.

That which induces; a motive or consideration that leads one to action or induces one to act; as, reward is an inducement to toil. "Mark the inducement." Shak.

3.
n.

Matter stated by way of explanatory preamble or introduction to the main allegations of a pleading; a leading to.