Seditious conspiracy

Seditious conspiracy is a crime in various jurisdictions of conspiring against the authority or legitimacy of the state. As a form of sedition, it has been described as a serious but lesser counterpart to treason, targeting activities that undermine the state without directly attacking it.[1]

  1. ^ Chapin, Bradley (2010). Criminal Justice in Colonial America, 1606-1660. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9-780-8203-3691-6.