Abet

Aid and abet
Definition from Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary
To help someone commit a crime, including helping the criminal escape from police or plan the crime. (See: aid and abet) ...

Aid And Abet
n. the person or the party in a cause against whom an appeal has been taken into consideration by a court. The appellee's opponent on appeal is the appellant.

Abet:
The act of encouraging or inciting another to do a certain thing, such as a crime. For example, many countries will equally punish a person who aids or abets another to commit a crime. See: Aid and Abet.
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abet To encourage or incite; in legal usage, the term applies to aiding another in the commission of a crime.
abode A person's home or place of residence.
abrogation Annulment by competent authority.

TO ABET, crim. law. To encourage or set another on to commit a crime. This word is always taken in a bad sense. To abet another to commit a murder, is to command, procure, or counsel him to commit it. Old Nat. Brev 21; Col Litt. 475.

Aid and Abet - To actively, knowingly, or intentionally assist another person in the commission or attempted commission of a crime.
Alien - A foreign-born person who has not qualified as a citizen of the country.

aid and abet - Help, assist, or facilitate the commission of a crime, promote the accomplishment thereof, help in advancing or bringing it about, or encourage, counsel, or incite as to its commission.

Ancient states frequently forced other states to abet their wars or to suffer the consequences, although the ancient Greeks did recognize the neutrality of temples, the Olympic Games, and, sometimes, states.

contempt and contempt in procedure is in some cases a narrow one, and states, as an example, that, if a party to an action disobeys a prohibitory order, such disobedience, even though willful, is contempt in procedure; but persons who aid and abet ...

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