rare. [f. ABET v. + -AL 2.] The action of abetting; encouragement (of an offence).
[Not in Craig, 1847. In Worcester, 1859.]
1852. Westm. Rev., XVII. 564. In their abettal of absolutism it was less their admiration of the thing itself—less their conviction of the right or the wisdom of despotism—that led them to favour it, than a belief that it was in the ascendant.
1861. Sat. Rev., 23 Nov., 528. No limit is imposed upon their discretion, either in respect to the nature of the abettal or the extent of proof required.
