Attribution (law)
Legal doctrines extending liability to defendants that did not commit criminal acts From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Doctrines of attribution are legal doctrines by which liability is extended to a defendant who did not actually commit the criminal act.[1]: 347 [2]: 665 Examples include vicarious liability (when acts of another are imputed or "attributed" to a defendant), attempt to commit a crime (even though it was never completed), and conspiracy to commit a crime (when it is not completed or which is committed by another in the conspiracy).[2]: 665
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