incidere
incidere (in-sid-[schwa]-ree), vb. [Latin “fall into or on”] Roman law. To come within the scope of a law or to fall into a legal category; esp. to become involved in a situation that entangles a person in a legal action. • This term had a similar meaning under English law. For example, a person might become liable to (or “fall into”) amercement (incidere in misericordiam). See AMERCEMENT.