Conspire - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: conspireco-conspirator
co-conspirator : a fellow conspirator NOTE: Under Federal law, a statement made by a co-conspirator during and to further the conspiracy is admissible as evidence, but there must be other evidence establishing both the conspiracy and the defendant's participation. ...
conspirator
conspirator : one who conspires ...
Conspirer
One who conspires a conspirator...
Conspirators
Conspirators, those who bind themselves by oath, covenant, or other alliance, that each of them shall aid the other falsely and maliciously to indict persons; or falsely to move and maintain pleas, etc., 33 Edw. 1, st. 2. Besides these, there are conspirators in treasonable purposes: as for plotting against the Government....
conspire
conspire con·spired con·spir·ing [Latin conspirare to be in harmony, to join in an unlawful agreement, from com- together + spirare to breathe] : to join in a conspiracy compare solicit ...
Conspirant
Engaging in a plot to commit a crime conspiring...
Conspiringly
In the manner of a conspirator by conspiracy...
conspiracy
conspiracy pl: -cies [Latin conspiratio, from conspirare to conspire see conspire ] 1 : an agreement between two or more people to commit an act prohibited by law or to commit a lawful act by means prohibited by law ;also : the crime or tort of participating in a conspiracy compare substantive crime NOTE: Some states require an overt act in addition to the agreement to constitute conspiracy. chain conspiracy : a conspiracy in which the conspirators act separately and successively (as in distributing narcotics) civil conspiracy : a conspiracy that is not prosecuted as a crime but that forms the grounds for a lawsuit criminal conspiracy : a conspiracy prosecuted as a crime 2 : a group of conspirators ...
Jamaican switch
Jamaican switch, means an illegal scheme whereby one conspirator convinces the victim of a need for help in handling a large sum of money, usu. by claiming to be an unsophisticated foreigner and promises to share part of the money with the victim or asks the victim for help in finding a suitable charity to donate to, at which time the other conspirator appears and promises to assist if both the victim and first conspirator provide good-faith money, the intent being for the two conspirators to leave with all the money, including the victim's, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 839....
co-
co- 1 : with : together : joint : jointly [codefendant] 2 a : associated in an action with another : fellow [co-conspirator] b : having a usually lesser share in duty or responsibility : alternate : deputy [co-counsel] ...
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