释义 |
counsel 1. n. A barrister, or barristers collectively. 2. v. In criminal law, to encourage or advise a principal in the commission of an offence. Counselling is one form of accessory liability in criminal law (see also aid and abet; procure). An accessory may be held liable for having counselled the principal’s offence, irrespective of whether the accessory’s counselling was causally related to the principal’s offence (R v Calhaen [1985] QB 808). |