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Patricide or Parricide

Patricide or Parricide, the murder, or murderer, of a father. As to the punishment of that offence by the Roman Law, see Sand.

of her husband, so as to be excused from punishment for crimes committed in his presence, except treason, murder, and manslaughter [see Reg. v. Manning, (1849) 2 C&K 903]; but the presumption maybe rebutted [Reg. v. Torpey,

Assassination

Assassination, murdering a person by lying in wait. In modern times the term is frequently applied to the open murder

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Manslaughter

100), s. 5. On the principle that any greater felony includes a less felony, a person indicted for murder may be convicted of manslaughter. See Steph. Dig., art. 272. See MURDER. A high degree of negligence is

Capital offences

which the offender is condemned to be hanged. The only crimes now punishable with death are high treason; murder; destruction of H. M. Ships, arsenals, etc. (12 Geo. 3, c. 24); piracy when accompanied by attempted murder

Burglary

and entering an inhabited structure (as a house) especially at night with intent to commit a felony (as murder or larcency), the act of entering or remaining unlawfully (as after closing to the public) in a building

Felony

jury trying felony may not separate before verdict (this distinction has been done away with, except as to murder, treason, and treason felony, by the Juries Detention Act, 1897 [60 & 61 Vict. c. 18)]; that a

Forfeiture

with his title, which devolves upon others. Forfeiture resulted from the following circumstan-ces:--(1) Treason, misprision of treason, felony, murder, self-murder, pr'munire, and striking or threatening a judge. But the (English) Forfeiture Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict.

Husband and wife

in which either party resides. As to criminal law, if a wife commit a felony, except treason, or murder, or manslaughter, in her husband' presence, the law presumed that she acted under his coercion and excused her,

Aberemurder

Aberemurder [fr. abere, apparent, notorious and mord, murder, Sax.], plain or downright murder, as distinguished from the less heinous crime of manslaughter or chance medley. It

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