INDUCEMENT

inducement,n.1. The act or process of enticing or persuading another person to take a certain

course of action. See fraud in the inducement under FRAUD.

active inducement.The act of intentionally causing a third party to infringe a valid patent. • Active inducement requires proof of (1) an actual intent to cause the patent infringement and (2) knowledge of the patent. [Cases: Patents 259(1). C.J.S. Patents § 427.]

2.Contracts. The benefit or advantage that causes a promisor to enter into a contract. 3.Criminal law. An enticement or urging of another person to commit a crime. 4. The preliminary statement in a pleading; esp., in an action for defamation, the plaintiff’s allegation that extrinsic facts gave a defamatory meaning to a statement that is not defamatory on its face, or, in a criminal indictment, a statement of preliminary facts necessary to show the criminal character of the alleged offense. Cf. INNUENDO(2); COLLOQUIUM. [Cases: Libel and Slander 81. C.J.S.

Libel and Slander; Injurious Falsehood§§ 4, 129–130.] — induce,vb.

[Blacks Law 8th]