It was about the goodly hour of noon, and the persons assembled were six in number, all members of the most violent party, and generally considered by friend and foe as embracers of republican tenets.
"The Disowned, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
In 1390, there was another statute against maintainers, instigators, barretors, procurers, and embracers of quarrels and inquests because of great and outrageous oppressions of parties in court.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly