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Home Dictionary Name: accessory Page 1 of about 69 results (0.002 seconds)Accessary, or Accessory
Accessary, or Accessory [particeps criminis quasi accedens ad culpam, Lat. As though assenting to the offence], he who is not a chief actor at a felony, nor present at its perpetration, but yet is in some way concerned therein, either before or after the fact committed. An accessory before the fact is one who being absent at the time of the commission of the felony, yet procures, counsels, or commands another to commit a crime. Absence is necessary to make him an accessory, for if he be present, he becomes a principal. An accessory after the fact is one who, knowing a felony to have been committed, receives, relieves, comforts, or assists the felon; but a wife may lawfully receive, comfort and assist her husband, though knowing him to be a felon. In treason and misdemeanours there are no accessories, either before or after the offence, every person implicated being a principal [see (English) Accessories and Abettors Act, 1861, s. 8, and Du Cross v. Lambourne, (1907) 1 KB 40]. In mansla...
accessory
accessory also ac·ces·sa·ry [ik-se-sə-rē, ak-] n pl: -ries [Medieval Latin accessorius subordinate matter, accomplice to a crime, from Latin accedere to go to, agree, assent] 1 : a person who is not actually or constructively present but with criminal intent contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of a felony called also accessory before the fact compare principal in the second degree at principal NOTE: The traditional distinction between accessories before the fact and principals, that accessories were not present and principals were present at the commission of the crime, is not recognized under most modern state statutes. Accessories before the fact are usually considered principals. 2 : a person who knowing that a felony has been committed aids, assists, or shelters the offender with the intent to defeat justice called also accessory after the fact NOTE: Many state statutes now omit the term accessory after the fact and instead c...
Principal and accessory (or accessory)
Principal and accessory (or accessory). (1) Principals in offences are of two degrees: (a) of the first degree, i.e., the actual perpetrators of the crime; (b) of the second degree, i.e., those who are present, aiding and abetting the act to be done.Accessories are not the chief actors in the offence, nor present at its performance, but are in some way concerned therein, either before or after the fact is committed. See ACCESSORY....
Accessory to adultery
Accessory to adultery, a phrase used in the law of divorce, and derived from the criminal law. It implies more than connivance, which is merely knowledge with consent. A conniver abstains from interference, an accessory directly commands, advises, or procures the adultery. A husband or wife who has been accessory to the adultery ofthe other party to the marriage cannot obtain a divorce on the ground of such adultery, (English) Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. C. 85), ss. 29, 31. See Browne on Divorce....
accessory after the fact
accessory after the fact :accessory ...
accessory before the fact
accessory before the fact :accessory ...
Accessory
Accessory, Something of secondary or subordinate importance. A person who aids or contributes in the commission of a crime. An accessory is usually liable only if crime is felony, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 14....
accessory contract
accessory contract see contract ...
Accessory right
Accessory right, means a supplementary right that has been added to the main right that is vested in the same owner, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1322....
Accessorium non ducit, sed sequitur suum principale
Accessorium non ducit, sed sequitur suum principale [Lat.], The accessory right does not lead, but follows its principal. Rent is incident to the reversion, and by a grant of the reversion the rent will pass: Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 141 (1). The law relative to contracts and mercantile transactions likewise presents many examples of the rule. Thus the obligation of the surety is accessory to that of the principal, and is extinguished by the release or discharge of the latter; but the converse does not hold. So, likewise, interest of money is accessory to the principal, and must, in legal language, follow its nature....
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