accessary

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ac=ces=sa=ry

CIDE DICTIONARY

accessary, a. 

 Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See Accessory.  [1913 Webster]
"To both their deaths thou shalt be accessary."  [1913 Webster]
"Amongst many secondary and accessary causes that support monarchy, these are not of least reckoning."  [1913 Webster]

accessary, n. [Cf. Accessory and LL. accessarius.].

 One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.  [1913 Webster]
" This word, as used in law, is spelt accessory by Blackstone and many others; but in this sense is spelt accessary by Bouvier, Burrill, Burns, Whishaw, Dane, and the Penny Cyclopedia; while in other senses it is spelt accessory. In recent text-books on criminal law the distinction is not preserved, the spelling being either accessary or accessory."  [1913 Webster]

Accessary before the fact (Law), one who commands or counsels an offense, not being present at its commission. -- Accessary after the fact, one who, after an offense, assists or shelters the offender, not being present at the commission of the offense.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

accessary, var. of ACCESSORY.