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complice [9 records]

Record 1 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2019-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

A person who knowingly, voluntarily, and with common intent unites with another in the commission of a crime. (Canadian Law Dictionary, 1980, p. 22)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Infractions et crimes
OBS

complice : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Offences and crimes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Infractions et crimes
DEF

Personne qui conspire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
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Record 5 2003-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
CONT

"Whoever aids or abets the actual commission of a crime, either at the place where it is committed or elsewhere, is a principal in the second degree in that crime. Mere presence on the occasion when a crime is committed does not make a person a principal in the second degree, even if he neither makes any effort to prevent the offence or to cause the offender to be apprehended, but such presence may be evidence for the consideration of the jury of an active participation in the offence. When the existence of a particular intent forms part of the definition of an offence, a person charged with aiding or abetting the commission of the offence must be shown to have known of the existence of the intent on the part of the person so aided" (Steph. Cr. (9th ed.), 16).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho penal
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Record 6 2002-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

An experimenter's associate who responds in a preplanned manner as part of an experiment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
DEF

Individu qui, sans qu'on le sache, est de connivence avec l'expérimentateur. Ses agissements sont prédéterminés dans le devis expérimental.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología social
  • Psicometría y psicotécnica
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Record 7 2000-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

[Person]who is not the chief actor in an offence, nor present at its performance, but is in some way concerned therein, either before or after the fact committed.

OBS

Reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

CONT

Complice means only an accessory before or during the fact, an accessory after the fact being an encubridor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Infractions et crimes
OBS

1. sens large : celui qui participe au crime ou au délit d'autrui, p. ex. un coauteur. 2. sens étroit et par opposition à coauteur : celui qui participe accessoirement à un crime ou à un délit.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho probatorio
  • Infracciones y crímenes
DEF

[Persona]que participa en la comisión de un hecho punible como inductor, o cómplice o como encubridor.

OBS

Reproducido del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

CONT

El término «cómplice» comprende la complicidad de antes y durante el hecho. En lo que concierne a la complicidad después del hecho véase el término «encubridor».

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Record 8 1995-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal

Spanish

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Record 9 1995-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Social Problems
DEF

One who intentionally or unintentionally permits and encourages an alcoholic to drink or who covers up the drinking problem of the alcoholic by not following through with the consequences, e.g. agreeing to lie to a friend's employer by saying that the friend is sick with a cold and not sick because of alcoholism instead of asking the friend to face up to the fact by telling the employer the truth or by telling one's friend that you will not be a part of his denial.

CONT

It has been observed that family members and friends can also become involved in the disease [of excessive drinking] and of the ways this happens is by something called enabling (family members become enablers).

OBS

It is to be noted that in the definition of "enabler", the connotation of "permission" can either be tacit or explicit; In French "agent provocateur" can only render explicit permission, whereas "complice" would render implicit permission. The French term "facilitateur", which implies a positive form of help or support, would be inappropriate for cases of alcoholism, unless used facetiously or ironically. Related term: co-dependency, complicity = enabling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Problèmes sociaux
DEF

Qui favorise l'accomplissement d'une chose ou qui participe à une action répréhensible.

OBS

Le prestige de l'alcool se nourrit des rituels protecteurs de notre société, ce qui mène un proche à agir de connivence plutôt que d'agir en tant qu'interventionniste, ou détracteur de l'alcool. Le non-buveur se met au diapason de crainte de perdre l'affection du buveur. En fait le non-buveur peut agir jusqu'à laisser aller l'abus d'alcool en ne posant plus de questions, ou en dissimulant l'abus d'alcool. Le buveur, lui, ne sait plus résister aux sollicitations considérées comme normales par notre société et reste par la suite aux prises avec l'alcool.

OBS

complice de quelqu'un, d'une action. À distinguer avec «provocateur», personne qui provoque, incite aux troubles; connivence : entente tacite ou secrète. Termes connexes : facilitateur, facilitatrice.

Spanish

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