HOMICIDE
\hˈɒmɪsˌa͡ɪd], \hˈɒmɪsˌaɪd], \h_ˈɒ_m_ɪ_s_ˌaɪ_d]\
Definitions of HOMICIDE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
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- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
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- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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The killing of one human being by the act or omission of another. The term applies to all such killings, whether criminal or not. Homicide is considered noncriminal in a number of situations, including deaths as the result of war and putting someone to death by the valid sentence of a court. Killing may also be legally justified or excused, as it is in cases of self-defense or when someone is killed by another person who is attempting to prevent a violent felony. Criminal homicide occurs when a person purposely, knowingly, recklessly or negligently causes the death of another. Murder and manslaughter are both examples of criminal homicide.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Manslaughter: one who kills another.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] The killing of any human being by the act of man; manslaughter;—a person who kills another; a manslayer.
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Murder, manslaying. destruction; a murderer, a manslayer.
By Thomas Sheridan
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