compassing
compassing n. 想像；设想 指单纯的思想活动，若未伴以外在行为〔open, or overt, act〕，则不受司法追究。但英国1315年《叛逆法》〔Treason Act〕规定，想像或设想国王、王后及其长子和嗣子〔heir〕死亡，构成叛逆罪〔treason〕。
COMPASSING
compassing
compassing (k[schwa]m-p[schwa]-sing). Hist. The act of contriving or plotting, esp. of something un-derhanded. • The Treason Act of 1351 criminalized the act of compassing the sovereign’s death. — Also termed imagining.