Murder - Law Dictionary Search Results
Eriach
A recompense formerly given by a murderer to the relatives of the murdered person
Ignorantia facti excusat, ignorantia juris non excusat
a right to kill a person excommunicated or outlawed wherever he meets him and does so, this is murder. But a mistake of fact is an excuse, as where a man, intending to kill a thief or
Megbote
Megbote, a recompense for the murder of a relation, Saxon word.
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Malicious injuries to the person
the Person Act, 1861 (English) (24 & 25 Vict. c. 100), consolidating and amending the law as to murder, manslaughter, wounding, etc.
Malice
fact, to distinguish it from malice in law, which merely denotes absence of legal excuse. To amount to murder, a killing must be committed with 'malice aforethought.' A aforethought does not necessarily imply premeditation, but it implies
Mala in se
in themselves, whether prohibited by human laws or not, as distinguished from mala prohibita. Of this class are murder, robbery, perjury, planning or provoking riot, injury to persons, or destruction of property, etc. See CRIME, and 1
Kin-bote
Kin-bote, compensation for the murder of a kins-man, Old Saxon Law.
Justifiable homicide
were dying of famine, it was held, upon a special verdict, not to be justifiable homicide but wilful murder for two of them to kill a boy to feed upon his body. The prisoners in this case
Jury
summing up, but now they are allowed reasonable refreshment at their own expense. Except on a trial of murder, treason or treason-felony, juries may separate in the same way as on a trial for misdemeanour, i.e., to
Infanticide
it be proved that its death was owing to violence, it is then to be ascertained who the murderer of it is. If suspicion fall upon the mother, it is to be determined-- (1) Whether she has
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