MANSLAUGHTER

manslaughter

(noun) homicide without malice aforethought

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

manslaughter (countable and uncountable, plural manslaughters)

(obsolete) The slaying of a human being.

(law) The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger.

Anagrams

• slaughterman

Source: Wiktionary


Man"slaugh`ter, n.

1. The slaying of a human being; destruction of men. Milton.

2. (Law)

Definition: The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligenc

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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