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ACCESSARY
accessary, accessory
(adjective) aiding and abetting in a crime; “he was charged with being accessory to the crime”
accessory, accessary
(noun) someone who helps another person commit a crime
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
accessary (plural accessaries)
(legal) Someone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
Adjective
accessary (comparative more accessary, superlative most accessary)
(legal) Accompanying as a subordinate; additional; accessory; especially, uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See accessory.
Usage notes
• "This word, as used in law, is spelt accessory by Blackstone and many others; but in this sense is spelt accessary by Bouvier, Burrill, Burns, Whishaw, Dane, and the Penny Cyclopedia; while in other senses it is spelt accessory. In recent text-books on criminal law the distinction is not preserved, the spelling being either accessary or accessory." - Webster, 1913. Since that time this trend has accelerated.
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*ces"sa*ry (#; 277), a.
Definition: Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See Accessory. To both their deaths thou shalt be accessary. Shak. Amongst many secondary and accessary causes that support monarchy, these are not of least reckoning. Milton.
Ac*ces"sa*ry (277), n.; pl. Accessaries. Etym: [Cf. Accessory and LL. accessarius.] (Law)
Definition: One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense. Accessary before the fact (Law), one who commands or counsels an offense, not being present at its commission.
– Accessary after the fact, one who, after an offense, assists or shelters the offender, not being present at the commission of the offense.
Note: This word, as used in law, is spelt accessory by Blackstone and many others; but in this sense is spelt accessary by Bouvier, Burrill, Burns, Whishaw, Dane, and the Penny Cyclopedia; while in other senses it is spelt accessory. In recent text-books on criminal law the distinction is not preserved, the spelling being either accessary or accessory.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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