Search Result for "accessory before the fact":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

accessory before the fact
    n 1: a person who procures or advises or commands the commission
         of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration