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nounincitor (plural incitors)
plural incitors
- alternativeAlternative spelling of inciter.
The incitor's liability is limited to the act incited. If A incites B to rob a woman and B not only robs her but proceeds to kill her in the process, then A can only be found guilty of inciting the robbery, since B has gone further than the offence contemplated by A.
2005, T. J. McIntyre and Sinéad McMullen, Criminal Law, 2nd edition, Dublin: Thomson Round Hall, →ISBN, page 264
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