inducement

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Something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive.

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The act or process of inducing.

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Misrepresentation that leads a person to enter into a contract or transaction with a false understanding of the risks and obligations.

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That which induces; anything that leads the mind to will or to act; that which influences one’s conduct; motive; incentive.

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A preamble, preface, or introductory explanation; an induction. See induction, n., 4.

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In law, a statement which leads to the main statement; facts and circumstances stated by way of preliminary to show out of what the act or transaction directly in question arose.

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

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That which induces; a motive or consideration that leads one to action or induces one to act.

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

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An incentive that helps bring about a desired state.