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| The principle regarding parties to crime that establishes conditions under which more than one person incurs liability before, during, and after committing crimes; when one person is liable for another person's crime |
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| The principle of liability for another based on relationship |
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| The parties liable as principals before and during a crime |
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| The parties liable for separate, lesser offenses following a crime |
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| Agreeing to commit a crime |
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| The rule that conspiracy and the underlying crime are separate offenses |
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| A person's presence at the scene of a crime doesn't by itself satisfy the actus reus requirement of accomplice liability |
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| Respondeat superior ("let the master answer") |
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| Employers are legally liable for their employees' illegal acts |
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| parent responsibility laws |
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| Statutes that make parents liable for their children's crimes |
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