ACCESSORY BEFORE THE FACT
\ɐksˈɛsəɹˌi bɪfˌɔː ðə fˈakt], \ɐksˈɛsəɹˌi bɪfˌɔː ðə fˈakt], \ɐ_k_s_ˈɛ_s_ə_ɹ_ˌi b_ɪ_f_ˌɔː ð_ə f_ˈa_k_t]\
Definitions of ACCESSORY BEFORE THE FACT
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a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration
By Princeton University
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).