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Definition of Abettor
1. Noun. One who helps or encourages or incites another.
Definition of Abettor
1. Noun. One that abets; one that incites; instigates; encourages. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abettor
1. one that abets [n -S] - See also: abets
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abettor
Literary usage of Abettor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Criminal Law by William Lawrence Clark, William Ephraim Mikell (1915)
"The term "aider and abettor" applies to principals in the second degree. ...
An abettor, as has been seen, may be either a principal in the second degree, ..."
2. Handbook of Criminal Law by William Lawrence Clark, William Ephraim Mikell (1915)
"The term "aider and abettor" applies to principals in the second degree. ...
An abettor, as has been seen, may be either a principal in the second degree, ..."
3. A Treatise on Criminal Law and Procedure by Thomas Welburn Hughes (1919)
"Technically speaking, the term aider and abettor is applicable only to a principal in
... To constitute a person an aider and abettor he must be present, ..."
4. Ancient laws of Ireland by Ireland, Ireland Commissioners for Pub. the Ancient Laws and Institutes of Ireland, William Neilson Hancock (1873)
"half sick-maintenance he pays ; half ' dire'-fine and full com- operation.
pensation after death, without an abettor, or according to blr' Co~ others half' ..."
5. Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous Words in the by Charles John Smith (1871)
"Advice, promises, rewards, or even the observance of silence, and a forbearing
to oppose, may constitute an abettor ; but no one can be negatively an ..."
6. Precedents of Indictments and Pleas: Adapted to the Use Both of the Courts by Francis Wharton (1871)
"1, for felony, by- slitting a nose, and against the aider and abettor. (198)
Mayhem by slitting the nose, under the Rev. Stat. Massachusetts, ch. 125, § 10. ..."
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