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Definition of Abetters
1. abetter [n] - See also: abetter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abetters
Literary usage of Abetters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historia Placitorum Coronae: The History of the Pleas of the Crown by Matthew Hale, Sollom Emlyn (1847)
"2. where abetters,procurers, and counsellors are made guilty of high treason;
... (c) The words of this statute arc, aiders, procurers, and abetters. ..."
2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"and Successors, to put the said Person or Persons, having committed such Robbery
or Spoil, and their Procurers, abetters, or Comforters, ..."
3. The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia by William Stith (1865)
"... having committed fuch Robbery or Spoil, and their Procurers, abetters, ...
every of their Procurers, Aiders, abetters, and Comforters, in that Behalf. ..."
4. Select Charters and Other Documents Illustrative of American History, 1606-1775 by William MacDonald (1899)
"... our Heirs, and Successors, to put the said Person or Persons, having committed
such Robbery or Spoil, and their Procurers, abetters, or Comforters, ..."
5. Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania: From the Organization to by Pennsylvania (Colony) Provincial council (1852)
"Severity against such Of- " fenders, their Aiders & abetters, I have thought fitt
by & with the " Advice of tho Council to Charge, & I do hereby strictly ..."
6. Documentary Source Book of American History by William MacDonald (1916)
"... and their Procurers, abetters, or Comforters, out of our Allegiance and
Protection; And that it shall be lawful and free, for all Princes and others, ..."
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