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murder [partly from Old English morthor; partly from Old French murdre, of Germanic origin] the crime of unlawfully and unjustifiably killing another under circumstances defined by statute (as with premeditation) ;esp such a crime committed purposely, knowingly, and recklessly with extreme indifference to human life or during the course of a serious felony (as robbery or rape) compare cold blood, cooling time, homicide, manslaughter NOTE: Self-defense, necessity, and lack of capacity for criminal responsibility (as because of insanity) are defenses to a charge of murder. Most state statutes and the U.S. Code divide murder into two degrees. Florida, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania currently have three degrees of murder. Some states do not assign degrees of murder. [di-pr?vd-h rt-] a murder that is the result of an act which is dangerous to others and shows that the perpetrator has a depraved mind and no regard for human life NOTE: Depraved-heart murder is usually considered second- or...
intent
intent 1 : the act or fact of intending: as a : the design or purpose to commit a wrongful or criminal act called also criminal intent compare knowledge, mens rea, motive, negligence b : the purpose to commit a tortious act having consequences that the actor desires and believes or knows will occur constructive intent : intent that is inferred to exist (as from willfulness or recklessness) in relation to an act criminal intent : intent general intent : intent to perform an illegal act without the desire for further consequences or a precise result [there was a general intent to assault but not to kill] specific intent : intent to perform an illegal act with the knowledge or purpose that particular results will or may ensue [assaulted him with specific intent to kill] trans·ferred intent 1 : intent attributed to a person who intends to cause another harm when the harm is accidentally inflicted on an unintended victim 2 : a doctrine in tort and criminal law: a wrongdoer...
Si quis unum percusserit, cum alium percutere vellet, in felonia tenetur
Si quis unum percusserit, cum alium percutere vellet, in felonia tenetur (3 Inst. 51), if a man kill one, meaning to kill another, he is held guilty of felony....
Trout
Trout. The (English) Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act, 1923, consolidates and amends the enactments relating to salmon and trout and freshwater fisheries in England and Wales. Sects. 1 and 2 prohibit the use of a light, otter lath, or jack, wire or snare, spear, gaff, strokehaul, snatch or the like, or stone or other missile, or roe for catching or killing salmon, trout, or freshwater fish. A gaff or tailer may, however, be used as an auxiliary to angling with a rod and line. No explosive or noxious material must be used with intent to take or destroy fish in any waters (s. 9). Sect. 31 provides that -31.-(1) No person shall fish for, take, kill or attempt to take or kill trout-(a) Except with a rod and line, during the annual close season for trout; or(b) with a rod and line during the annual trout close season for rod and line; or(c) except with a rod and line, during the weekly close time for trout. (3) The annual close season for trout shall in any place in which a period has be...
Bullfight
a sport of great antiquity in which men torment and fight with a bull or bulls in an arena for public amusement still popular in Spain Portugal and Latin American In the Spanish version a matador kills the bull with a sword after the bull has been weakened by wounds from small barbed rods and after he has displayed courage and artistic skill in causing the bull to charge many times while he stands still or nearly still In some versions the bull is not killed Occasionally the matador is wounded or killed by the bull...
Misadventure, excusable homicide by
Misadventure, excusable homicide by, also termed homicide per infortunium; it arises where a man, doing a lawful act, without any intention of hurt, unfortunately kills another, as where a person is at work with a hatchet, and the head of it files off and kills a by stander, or is shooting at a mark and undesignedly kills a man, for the act is lawful, and the effect is merely accidental. So where a parent is moderately correcting a child, a master his apprentice or scholar, or an officer punishing a criminal, and happens to occasion his death, it is only misadventure, for the act of correction was lawful; but if he exceeds the bounds of moderation, either in the manner, the instrument, or the quantity of punishment, and death ensue, it is manslaughter at lest, and in some cases, according to the circumstances murder: immoderate correction being unlawful, Fost. 275....
mousetrap
Any device that catches and usually kills mice They are of various designs the most common being a stiff loop of wire mounted on a small wooden platform base and attached to a strong spring which holds the loop firmly against the base To activate the trap the loop is pulled through a 180deg arc against the tension of the spring and held against the base by a delicate metal catch which can keep the loop from moving though in a state of high tension The metal catch is moved when a mouse tries to take a piece of bait attached to it releasing the loop which forcefully moves though an arc usually killing the mouse A larger version of the same device is used as a rat trap...
fratricide
fratricide [Middle French, from Latin fratricida, from fratr- frater brother + -cida killing] 1 : one that murders or kills his or her own brother or sister or an individual (as a countryman) having a relationship like that of a brother or sister 2 : the act of a fratricide frat·ri·cid·al [fra-trə-sīd-l] adj ...
electric chair
a device used for execution of criminals consisting of a specially designed chair in which the victim is killed by passing a large current of electricity through the body This method of killing is called electrocution...
Giganticide
The act of killing or one who kills a giant...
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