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Definition of Abetting
1. abet [v] - See also: abet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abetting
Literary usage of Abetting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Universal Magazine (1796)
"Now this I mould hold to be abetting, that if they faw M r. ... and aiding and
abetting Sellers at the time he fired off this ..."
2. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell, Charles Sprengel Greaves (1877)
"every person so offending, and every person knowingly and wilfully aiding,
abetting, or assisting any person or persons in committing any such offence as ..."
3. Precedents of Indictments and Pleas: Adapted to the Use Both of the Courts by Francis Wharton (1871)
"(1091) Forcibly confining and detaining negroes taken from the coast of Africa,
with intention of making slaves of them, and for aiding and abetting, ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"... because, in either case, it would have been equally "used and employed in
aiding, abetting and promoting" the rebellion, and was, therefore, ..."
5. Rose's Notes on the United States Supreme Court Reports (2 Dallas to 241 by Walter Malins Rose, Charles Lawrence Thompson, United States Supreme Court (1917)
"776, holding that in indictment for aiding and abetting commission of offense by
registration officer, specific offense of office should be alleged; ..."
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