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Thistle
lord of the fee. And at Fiskerton, in Notinghamshire, by ancient custom, if a native or a cottager killed a swine above a year old, he paid to the lord a penny, which purchase of leave to
Prolicide
Prolicide [fr. proles, Lat., offspring, and c'do, to kill], the destruction of human offspring. It is either f'ticide or infanticide, which see, Dunglison's Med. Lex.
Pr'munire
to the Crown. Until the passing of the repealed 5 Eliz. c. 1, it was perhaps lawful to kill the defendant. Consult Co. Litt. 391 a and Harg. Note.
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Shochet
Shochet, a Jewish butcher; in effect a religious order invested by the Chief Rabbi with authority to kill and prepare meat in accordance with the Jewish ceremonial.
Social democracy
democracy. Without equality, liberty would produce the supremacy of the few over the many. Equality without liberty would kill individual initiative. Without fraternity, liberty and equality could not become a natural course of things, Valsama Paul v.
homicide
homicide [Latin homicidium, from homo human being + caedere to cut, kill] 1 : a person who kills another 2 : the killing of one human being by another compare
overt act
overt act 1 : an act directed toward another person that indicates an intent to kill or harm and that justifies self-defense 2 : an outward act that is done in furtherance of a
malice
have existed in one that inflicts unjustified harm on another: as a : an intent to injure or kill b : malice called also express malice malice in fact 2 a : the knowledge that defamatory statements
intend
intend : to have in one's mind as a purpose or goal [did not to kill her]
ingratitude
a gift may be revoked on the ground of ingratitude if the recipient of the gift tries to kill the person who gave the gift, is guilty of cruelly mistreating or injuring the giver, or refuses the
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