Attribution (law)
Legal doctrines extending liability to defendants that did not commit criminal acts
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The doctrine of attribution is a legal doctrine 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
