sedition

sedition
Communication or agreement which has as its objective the stirring up of treason or certain lesser commotions, or the defamation of the government. Sedition is advocating, or with knowledge of its contents knowingly publishing, selling or distributing any document which advocates, or, with knowledge of its purpose, knowingly becoming a member of any organization which advocates the overthrow or reformation of the existing form of government of this state by violence or unlawful means. An insurrectionary movement tending towards treason, but wanting an overt act; attempts made by meetings or speeches, or by publications, to disturb the tranquillity of the state.
See 18 U.S.C.A. No. 2383 et seq.

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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  • sédition — [ sedisjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1209; lat. seditio ♦ Révolte concertée contre l autorité publique. « on ne trouve qu une sédition à Gand, en 1536, aisément réprimée, sans grande effusion de sang » (Taine). ⇒ agitation, insurrection, révolte. Sédition… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • sedition — se·di·tion /si di shən/ n [Latin seditio, literally, separation, from sed apart + itio act of going, from ire to go]: the crime of creating a revolt, disturbance, or violence against lawful civil authority with the intent to cause its overthrow… …   Law dictionary

  • sedition — SEDITION. s. f. Emotion populaire, souslevement contre la puissance legitime. Grande, furieuse, horrible sedition. durant la sedition. cela est capable de faire sedition. esmouvoir, exciter, allumer, fomenter, entretenir la sedition. appaiser,… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • sedition — sedition, treason are comparable when they mean an offense against a state to which or a sovereign to whom one owes allegiance. Sedition applies to conduct that is not manifested in an overt act but that incites commotion and resistance to lawful …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Sedition — Se*di tion, n. [OE. sedicioun, OF. sedition, F. s[ e]dition, fr. L. seditio, originally, a going aside; hence, an insurrectionary separation; pref. se , sed , aside + itio a going, fr. ire, itum, to go. Cf. {Issue}.] 1. The raising of commotion… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sedition — Sedition, Seditio. Faire sedition en une cité, Seditionem in ciuitatem inducere. Esmouvoir sedition, Seditionem facere, conflare, concitare, commouere. Tascher à esmouvoir quelque sedition, Quaerere locum seditionis. S addonner à faire seditions …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • sedition — [si dish′ən] n. [ME sedicion < OFr < L seditio < sed , apart (see SECEDE) + itio, a going < ire, to go: see YEAR] 1. the stirring up of discontent, resistance, or rebellion against the government in power 2. Archaic revolt or… …   English World dictionary

  • Sedition — (v. lat. Seditĭo), Empörung, Aufstand; daher Seditios, aufrührerisch, unruhig; Seditiosität, Empörungs , Aufwiegelungssucht …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Sedition — (lat.), Empörung; seditiös, aufrührerisch …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Sedition — (lat.), Empörung, Aufstand; seditiös, aufrührerisch …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • sedition — (n.) late 14c., rebellion, from O.Fr. sedicion, from L. seditionem (nom. seditio) civil disorder, dissention, lit. a going apart, separation, from se apart (see SECRET (Cf. secret)) + itio a going, from pp. of ire to go (see …   Etymology dictionary

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