See Also: homicide(medicine)
homicide(dictionary)
homicide(encyclopedia)
homicide(dictionary)
Homicide(law)
Negligent Homicide(law)
Justifiable Homicide(law)
Excusable Homicide(law)
Vehicular Homicide(law)
Criminal Homicide(law)

homicide (iou)



homicide noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French, from (sense 1) Latin homicidium, (sense 2) Latin homicida, both from shortened stem of homo, homin-human being: see -CIDE.]
The killing, by a human being, of a human being. ME.
excusable homicide: incurring blame, but no criminal liability because in self-defence or by misadventure. justifiable homicide: incurring neither blame nor criminal liability because in the execution of one's duty. unlawful homicide: incurring criminal liability because done with malice aforethought or culpable neglect.
A person who kills a human being. In early use often spec. a murderer. LME.