Legal Term: ABETTOR

Definition: crim. law. One who encourages or incites, persuades or sets another on to commit a crime . Such a person is either a principal or, an accessory to the crime. When present, aiding, where a felony is committed, he is guilty as principal in the second degree , when absent, "he is merelyan accessory. 1. Russell, 21, 1 Leach 66, Foster 428.

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