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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

The act by which one incites another to do something, as, to injure a third person, or to commit some crime or misdemeanor, to commence a suit, or to prosecute a criminal.

See Accomplice.