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Definition of Abetment
1. Noun. The verbal act of urging on.
Generic synonyms: Encouragement
Derivative terms: Abet, Abet, Instigate
Definition of Abetment
1. n. The act of abetting; as, an abetment of treason, crime, etc.
Definition of Abetment
1. Noun. The act of abetting; instigating; inciting; encouraging. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abetment
1. the act of abetting [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abetment
Literary usage of Abetment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke (1866)
"... been without their suggestion and abetment, which, if proved upon them, in
addition to the probable breach of their agreement, will make their situation ..."
2. The Weekly Reporter by David Sutherland, India High Court (Calcutta, India), Great Britain Privy Council. Judicial Committee (1895)
"abetment—Trial by Jury—Form of Charge. 'No. 880. From the Officiating Registrar
of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William i« Bengal, to the Sessions ..."
3. The Indian Penal Code by Hoffmann (1870)
"CHAPTER V. OF abetment. 83. When is a person said to abet the doing of a thing ?
1. When he instigates any person to do that thing. ..."
4. The Bengal Law Reports of Decisions of the High Court at Fort William Civil by Great Britain Privy Council. Judicial Committee, Bengal (India). Board of Revenue, Bengal (India). Supreme Council (1884)
"It would be abetment of an abetment which of itself is an offence. [MACPHERSON,
J.—The prisoner is not charged with that,} True, the charge is not put in ..."
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