Abet
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In criminal law. To encourage or set another on to commit a crime. This word is always applied to aiding the commission of a crime. To abet another to commit a murder is to command, procure, or counsel him to commit it.
Old Nat. Brev. 21; Co. Litt. 475.
See "Accessary." ABETMENT (Law Lat. abettum, abbettum; Law Fr. abette). In old criminal law. An encouraging or instigation.
Staund.
P. C. l Or; Cowell; Blount.