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ACCOMPLICE (from Fr. complice, conspirator, Lat. complex, a sharer, associate, complicare, to fold together; the ac- is possibly due to confusion with " accomplish," to complete, Lat. complere, to fill up)

ACCOMPLICE (from Fr. complice, conspirator, See also:
LAT
Lat. complex, a sharer, See also:
ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)
associate, complicare, to See also:
FOLD
fold together; the ac- is possibly due to confusion with " accomplish," to See also:
COMPLETE
complete, Lat. complere, to fill up) , in See also:

law, one who is associated with another or others in the See also:

COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission of a See also:

CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime, whether as See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal or See also:

ACCESSORY

accessory. The See also:

TERM

term is chiefly important where one of those charged with a crime turns See also:

king's See also:

EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence in the expect= ation of obtaining a See also:

PARDON (through the Fr. from Late Lat. perdonare, to remit a debt or other obligation on a penalty)

pardon for himself. Accordingly, as his evidence is tainted with self-See also:

INTEREST

interest, it is a See also:

RULE

rule of practice to See also:

DIRECT

direct a See also:

JURY

jury to acquit, where the evidence of an accomplice is not corroborated by See also:

INDEPENDENT

independent evidence both as to the circumstances of the offence and the participation of the accused in it. An accomplice who has turned See also:

KIN (0. E. cyn, a word represented in nearly all Teutonic languages, cf. Du. kunne, Dan. and Swed. kon, Goth kuni, tribe; the Teutonic base is kunya; the equivalent Aryan root gan- to beget, produce, is seen in Gr. 'yEvos, Lat. genus, cf. "kind")

kin's evidence usually receives a pardon, but has no legal right to exemption from See also:

PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment till he has actually received it.

End of Article: ACCOMPLICE (from Fr. complice, conspirator, Lat. complex, a sharer, associate, complicare, to fold together; the ac- is possibly due to confusion with " accomplish," to complete, Lat. complere, to fill up)

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