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Definition of Abetments
1. abetment [n] - See also: abetment
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abetments
Literary usage of Abetments
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ancient Laws of Cambria: Containing the Institutional Triads of Dyvnwal by Wales, William Probert (1823)
"Some have said, that the family cannot claim payment for the abetments, because
they are only to demand the payment of the murder fine, and that for insult; ..."
2. Cambrian Register (1799)
"... abetments to theft, ... the nine abetments to murder ; one of them is a
reddening of the tongue, ..."
3. Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office by Great Britain Public Record Office, Public Record Office, Great Britain (1905)
"... insurrections, larcenies, maintenances, conspiracies, rebellions, treasons,
murders, rapes, contempts, conjectures and abetments committed by him. ..."
4. The Writings of Cassius Marcellus Clay: Including Speeches and Addresses by Cassius Marcellus Clay (1848)
"We consider that this is not one of the guaranties of liberty, but one of the
abetments of crime. I agree also with Mr. Bentham that the legal fiction of ..."
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