2) sedition. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...sedition, (sidi´shn) (KEY) , in law, acts or words tending to upset the authority of a government. The scope of the offense was broad in early common law, which even...

3) Alien and Sedition Acts. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Alien and Sedition Acts, 1798, four laws enacted by the Federalist-controlled U.S. Congress, allegedly in response to the hostile actions of the French Revolutionary...

4) Sedition Act. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Sedition Act, see Alien and Sedition Acts....

5) sedition. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Insurrection; rebellion. Middle English sedicioun, violent party strife, from Old French sedition, from Latin sditio, sdition- : sd-, s-, apart; see s(w)e- in Appendix...

6) sedition. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...sedition Acts that incite rebellion or civil disorder against an established government. 1...

7) Alien and Sedition Acts. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Alien and Sedition Acts A series of laws, passed during the presidency of John Adams at the end of the eighteenth century, that sought to restrict the public activities...

8) §7. Alien and Sedition Laws. XXI. Newspapers, 1775–1860. Vol. 16. Early National Literature, Part II; Later National Literature, Part I. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...obvious example of that Federalist lack of common sense was the passage of the Alien and Sedition laws in 1797 to protect the government and its chief officers from...

9) Corcyre'an Sedition (The). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...of liberty to bring back the Corcyr ans to the mother country. This was the cause of the sedition. The 250 returned captives represented the oligarchical party; their...

10) seditious. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. Of, relating to, or having the nature of sedition. 2. Given to or guilty of engaging in or promoting sedition. See synonyms at insubordinate. se·ditious·ly -ADVERBse·ditious·nes...