Homicide in Europe
Definition of Homicide
The killing of a human being
(1) Felonious Homicide, (a) Death caused by an act done with the intention of causing death or bodily harm, or known to be likely to cause death or bodily harm, without legal justification or excuse; (6) Death caused by an omission, amounting to culpable negligence, to discharge a duty tending to the preservation of life, whether accompanied by an intention to cause death or bodily harm or not ; (c) Death caused accidentally by an unlawful act
(2) Excusable Homicide. Where the person by whom the homicide is committed is not free from blame, but is not criminally responsible. It is either per infortunium, i. e., by misadventure, or se or sua defendo, i. e., in self -de fence
(3) Justifiable Homicide. Where homicide is committed without blame, in the execution of a legal duty, or in furtherance of a legal purpose, e.g., putting a person to death in pursuance of a legal sentience
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Definition of Homicide is, temporally, from A Concise Law Dictionary (1927). This page needs to be proofread.
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