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Home Dictionary Name: accessoryAccessary, 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...
Accessories
Accessories, The term 'accessories ' is used in the schedule to describe goods which may have been manufactured for use as an aid or addition.Accessories are not necessarily confined to particular machines for which they may serve as aids. The same item may be an accessory of more than one kind of instrument, Annapurna Carbon Industries Co. v. State of Andhra Pradesh, (1976) 2 SCC 273 (277): AIR 1976 SC 1418. (AP General Sales Tax Act, 1957, Sch. I, Entry 4)An object or device that is not essential in itself but that adds to the beauty or convenience or effectiveness of something else or is supplementary or secondary to something of greater or primary importance which assists in operating or controlling or may serve as aid are accessories (AP General Sales Tax Act, 1957), Mehra Brothers v. Joint Commercial Officer, (1991) 1 SCC 514 (517).Whether an article or part is an accessory cannot be decided with reference to its necessity to its effective use of the vehicle as a whole. General a...
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....
accessorial
accessorial 1 : of or relating to an accessory [ acts] 2 : of lesser importance [the principal has the principal or primary duty and the surety an or a secondary duty "Restatement of Security"] ...
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 ...
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