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Accessory after the fact
A person who assists or protects someone wanted by the police in connection with a crime.
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A person who assists or protects someone wanted by the police in connection with a crime.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| particeps criminisnoun | (law) An accomplice in crime; an accessory. |
| accessoryshipnoun | (law) The condition of being an accessory. |
| accessaryshipnoun | (law) The condition of being an accessary. |
| excusenoun | (countable, uncountable) An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault. |
| attributionnoun | The act of attributing something. |
| affirmative defensenoun | (law) A defense against a suit or criminal charge that asserts mitigating facts rather than contesting the main fact of the allegation. |
| qui tamnoun | (law) A writ whereby a private individual who assists a prosecution can receive all or part of any penalty imposed. |
| amicus curiaenoun | (law, US) A person or entity who has been allowed by the court to plead or make submissions but who is not directly involved in the action. |
| prosecution associationnoun | (historical) An organization of citizens, typically in the same community, who paid dues to cover one another's costs of privately prosecuting offenders should a crime be committed against them. |
| theftbootnoun | (historical) The crime of protecting a thief from the law in exchange for stolen goods. |
| maintenancenoun | Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service. |
| privynoun | An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse). |
| clientnoun | A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services. |
| assythmentnoun | (Scots law, historical) Compensation or reparation for a criminal offence. |
| right of counselnoun | (US, law) The right of a person accused of a crime to consult with an attorney before speaking with police. |
| alibinoun | (law) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed. |
| attorney of recordnoun | (law) In a legal proceeding, an attorney who has submitted his name to the court or tribunal as the person responsible for representation of the client, irrespective of which attorneys perform work for that client. |
| state's evidencenoun | (law) Court testimony from a person involved in a criminal activity case, implicating other people in crimes, usually given in exchange for leniency from the prosecutor. |
| defendantnoun | (law) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another. |
| assithmentnoun | Dated form of assythment. [(Scots law, historical) Compensation or reparation for a criminal offence.] |
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