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Legal Terms - counsel
1. n. A lawyer, or lawyers as a group. 2. v. To counsel or assist a principal to commit a crime under criminal law.
In criminal law, counseling is one type of accessory culpability. Regardless of whether the accessory's advice was directly tied to the principal's offense, they could still be held accountable for counseling the principal about their crime (R v Calhaen [1985] QB 808).
1. n. A lawyer, or lawyers as a group. 2. v. To counsel or assist a principal to commit a crime under criminal law.
In criminal law, counseling is one type of accessory culpability. Regardless of whether the accessory's advice was directly tied to the principal's offense, they could still be held accountable for counseling the principal about their crime (R v Calhaen [1985] QB 808).
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