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COMPLICITY [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

Assisting in or otherwise facilitating the commission of a crime.

CONT

Aiding and abetting generally means to somehow assist in the commission of a crime, or to be an accomplice. It involves a plan to commit a crime or to commit acts, the probable consequences of which are criminal.

OBS

Complicity: term reproduced from "Glosario provisional de terminos juridicos" with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
DEF

Participation par assistance intentionnelle à la faute, au délit ou au crime commis par un autre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
OBS

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

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