- justifiable homicide
- noun (U) law a situation in which you are not punished for killing someone, usually because you did it to defend yourself
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
justifiable homicide
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justifiable homicide — see homicide Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. justifiable homicide … Law dictionary
justifiable homicide — n [U] law a situation in which you are not punished for killing someone, usually because you did it to defend yourself … Dictionary of contemporary English
justifiable homicide — noun count or uncount LEGAL a case in which killing someone is not a crime, for example because you were defending yourself … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Justifiable homicide — The United States concept of justifiable homicide in criminal law stands on the dividing line between an excuse, justification and an exculpation. In other words, it takes a case that would otherwise have been a murder or another crime… … Wikipedia
justifiable homicide — noun : a homicide (as by accident, by misadventure, in self defense, in performing a legal duty like quelling a mob or carrying out a death sentence, in preventing a felony involving great bodily harm, or in defense of one s home or members of… … Useful english dictionary
justifiable homicide — An excusable homicide. State v Trent, 122 Or 463, 259 P 893. A homicide committed: (1) by unavoidable necessity without any will, intention, desire, inadvertence, or negligence on the part of the person killing, (2) for the advancement of public… … Ballentine's law dictionary
justifiable homicide — n. killing that is considered to be lawful (such as if committed as self defense or as the only way to prevent a crime) … English contemporary dictionary
justifiable homicide — noun the killing of a person in circumstances which allow the act to be regarded in law as without criminal guilt … English new terms dictionary
homicide — ho·mi·cide / hä mə ˌsīd, hō / n [Latin homicidium, from homo human being + caedere to cut, kill] 1: a person who kills another 2: the killing of one human being by another compare manslaughter, murder … Law dictionary
Homicide — • Signifies, in general, the killing of a human being. In practice, however, the word has come to mean the unjust taking away of human life, perpetrated by one distinct from the victim and acting in a private capacity Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin … Catholic encyclopedia
