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manslaughter

 
man·slaugh·ter (măn'slô'tər) pronunciation
n.

The unlawful killing of one human by another without express or implied intent to do injury.


 
manslaughter, homicide committed without justification or excuse but distinguished from murder by the absence of the element of malice aforethought. Modern criminal statutes usually divide it into degrees, the most common distinction being between voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. Voluntary manslaughter is a killing done in the heat of passion provoked by acts of the victim such as to cause a reasonable man to act rashly and without reflection. Such provocation may include violent assault and an unlawful attempt to arrest him, but not mere insulting words or gestures. Involuntary manslaughter is a killing in which there is no intention to kill at all. It occurs when the killing is the result of the commission of a crime that is neither a felony nor an act likely to cause great bodily harm or when it is the result of a lawful act done in a criminal manner, e.g., a case of negligence. The advent of the automobile caused many manslaughter cases that arise from reckless and careless driving; in the statutes of some states of the United States such killing is a separate crime.


 
manslaughter (man-slaw-tuhr)

The unlawful killing of a person, without malice or premeditation. Involuntary manslaughter is accidental, such as running into someone with a car. Voluntary manslaughter is committed in the “heat of passion,” as in a spontaneous fight in which one person is killed by a strong blow. Manslaughter is usually considered less serious than murder. Both murder and manslaughter are types of homicide.

 
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The noun manslaughter has one meaning:

Meaning #1: unlawful killing of a human being without malice


 
Translations for: Manslaughter

Nederlands (Dutch)
doodslag

Français (French)
homicide involontaire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Totschlag

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. (νομ.) ανθρωποκτονία εξ αμελείας

Italiano (Italian)
omicidio colposo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - homicídio culposo (m) (Jur.)

Русский (Russian)
человекоубийство, непредумышленное убийство

Español (Spanish)
n. - homicidio involuntario

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dråp

中国话 (Simplified Chinese)
n. - 杀人, 一般杀人罪

中國話 (Traditional Chinese)
n. - 殺人, 一般殺人罪

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 殺人, 故殺

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قتل غير متعمد‏

עברית (Hebrew)‬
n. - ‮הריגת אדם‬


 
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