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Attribution (law)

Legal doctrines extending liability to defendants that did not commit criminal acts From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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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