事じ前ぜん従じゅう犯はん

noun

accessory before the fact

Legal term for a person who aids or abets a crime before it is committed, as opposed to an accessory after the fact. Used in criminal law contexts.

• 事じ前ぜん従じゅう犯はんは、犯はん罪ざいの実じっ行こう前まえに幇ほう助じょした者ものを指さす法ほう律りつ用よう語ごです。

  Accessory before the fact is a legal term for a person who assisted before the crime was committed.