English
Alternative spellings
accessory
Note: This word, as used in law, is spelt accessory by Blackstone and many others; but in this sense is spelt accessary by Bouvier, Burrill, Burns, Whishaw, Dane, and the Penny Cyclopedia; while in other senses it is spelt accessory. In recent text-books on criminal law the distinction is not preserved, the spelling being either accessary or accessory. - Webster, 1913 Since that time this trend has accelerated
Etymology
Confer accessory and Late Latin accessarius.
Adjective
accessary
- obsolete: accompany|Accompanying as a subordinate; additional; accessory; especially, uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See accessory.
#:Quotations
#:*To both their deaths thou shalt be accessary. - Shakespeare, Richard III, I-iii
#:*Amongst many secondary and accessary causes that support monarchy, these are not of least reckoning. - Milton
Noun
accessary (plural: accessaries)
- obsolete: One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
Derived terms
Accessary before the fact (Law): one who commands or counsels an offense, not being present at its commission.
Accessary after the fact (Law): one who, after an offense, assists or shelters the offender, not being present at the commission of the offense.
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