Legal Definition and Related Resources of Incitement

Incitement to commit a crime is a common law misdemeanour, even though the crime be not committed. If the crime be actually committed, the person inciting is an accessory before the fact in the case of felony, and equally guilty, in the case of treason or misdemeanour, with the person who commits the crime

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Incitement in Historical Law

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Incitement in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of incitement.

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Work
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• incitement in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• incitement in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis