Killing - Law Dictionary Search Results
Misadventure, excusable homicide by
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
Necation
Necation [fr. neco, Lat.], the act of killing. Necation, means the act of killing, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1052.
Regicide
Regicide, means the killing or murder of a king, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1286. Regicide, the murder of a sovereign;
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Justifiable homicide
Justifiable homicide, the killing of a human creature without incurring any legal guilt. It is of various kinds:- (1) The due execution
Animals
stray dogs, see DOG. Malicious Damage. By the Malicious Damage Act, 1861, s. 40, the unlawful and malicious killing, maiming, or wounding of cattle is made a felony. And by s. 41, the unlawful and malicious killing
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.
nematocide
A substance that kills nematodes especially one used in medicine or to kill plant pathogens
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
Deodand
the following extraordinary distinction, that no deodand was due where an infant under the age of discretion was killed by a fall from a cart or horse or the like, not being in motion, whereas if an
Knacker
2 Geo. 5, c. 27), s. 15(e), as meaning 'a person whose trade or business it is to kill any cattle not killed for the purpose of the flesh being used as butcher's meat.' As to the
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