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Particeps

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Abbott (1879)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat. A participant; a sharer; anciently, a part owner or parcener.

Particeps criminis. A participant in a crime; an accomplice. One who shares or co-operates in a criminal offense, tort, or fraud. Alberger v. White, 117 Mo. 347, 23 S. W. 92; State v. Fox, 70 N. J. Law, 353, 57 Atl. 270.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

p2. participes, 2. A part-taker; jointly interested with another; an ceps criuiinis, in criiniue: a sharer, [of] crime, — applied to parties both In old English law. A. part owner;

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

A part taker; a sharer. In old English law, it signified a part owner; but is disused in this sense. Particeps criminis. A participator in the crime; an accomplice. The term is applied not only to parties to crimes, but also to parties to contracts or to tortious transactions, as in cases of fraud.