Accessory at Legal Glossary What is it? Someone who intentionally helps another person commit a felony by giving advice before the crime or helping to conceal the evidence or the perpetrator.
Accessory before the fact
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criminal law and procedure
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ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT - Whoever, knowing that an offense has been committed, receives, relieves, comforts or assists the offender in order to hinder or prevent his apprehension, trial or punishment, is an accessory after the fact; ...
Accessory
n. not the chief actor in the perpetration of the offence, or someone who is not present on the scene of crime, but is related to crime either from before its happening or from afterwards.
accessory - A person who assists in the commission of a crime, either before or after the fact.
accord - A satisfaction agreed upon between the parties in a lawsuit which bars subsequent actions on the claim.
Accessory:
Someone who is not directly involved in committing a crime, but assists an offender.
Accomplice: ...
ACCESSORY - One who knowingly and intentionally contributes to or aids in the commission of a crime, before or after, but not necessarily during, the commission of a crime.
ACCESSORY, property. Everything which is joined to another thing, as an ornament, or to render it more perfect, is an accessory, and belongs to the principal thing.
Accessory
an accessory is one who knows of, and assists in, the commission of a crime, but is not present when the crime is committed. In this an accessory is different from an accomplice.
Accessory contract
Definition
: a contract (as a security agreement) made to secure the performance of another obligation
compare principal contract in this entry ...
accessory
Someone who intentionally helps another person commit a felony by giving advice before the crime or helping to conceal the evidence or the perpetrator. An accessory is usually not physically present during the crime.
Expanded Legal Definition of CondonationConnivance Secretly privy or accessory to the act of another.
Expanded Legal Definition of ConnivanceConsortium Companionship, love and affection and intimacy between husband and wife within a mariage.
To keep the distinction clear, legal papers may refer differently to parties and persons who are not parties, making the distinction between those directly involved (parties) and those only accessory to the lawsuit proceedings like witnesses or ...
Acquittals in law are those which take place by mere operation of law; as where a man has been charged merely as an accessory, and the principal has been acquitted.
adjudicate - To settle in the exercise of judicial authority.
An abettor differs from an accessory in that he must be present at the commission of the crime; all abettors (with certain exceptions) are principals, and, in the absence of specific statutory provision to the contrary, ...
Appliance: Any instrument, mechanism, equipment, part, apparatus, appurtenance, or accessory, including communications equipment, that is used or intended to be used in operating or controlling an aircraft in flight, ...
Accessorius sequitur - Accessorius sequitur One who is an accessory to the crime cannot be guilty of a more serious crime than the principal offender
Actus reus - A guilty deed or act
Ad hoc - For this purpose ...
 See also: Person, Law, Will, Term, Crime
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