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Webster 1913 Edition
Homicide
Hom′i-cide
,Noun.
1.
The killing of one human being by another.
☞ Homicide is of three kinds: justifiable, as when the killing is performed in the exercise of a right or performance of a duty; excusable, as when done, although not as duty or right, yet without culpable or criminal intent; and felonious, or involving what the law terms malice; the latter may be either manslaughter or murder.
Bouvier.
2.
One who kills another; a manslayer.
Chaucer. Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Homicide
HOM'ICIDE
,Noun.
1.
The killing of one man or human being by another. Homicide is of three kinds, justifiable, excusable, and felonious; justifiable, when it proceeds from unavoidable necessity, without an intention to kill, and without negligence; excusable, when it happens from misadventure, or in self-defense; felonious, when it proceeds from malice, or is done in the prosecution of some unlawful act, or in a sudden passion. Homicide committed with premeditated malice, is murder. Suicide also, or self-murder, is felonious homicide. Homicide comprehends murder and manslaughter.1.
A person who kills another; a manslayer.Definition 2024
homicidé
homicidé
See also: homicide
French
Verb
homicidé m (feminine singular homicidée, masculine plural homicidés, feminine plural homicidées)
- past participle of homicider