Definition of Homicede
Hom"i*cide (?), n. [F., fr. L.
homicidium, fr. homicida a man slayer; homo man
+ caedere to cut, kill. See Homage, and cf.
Concise, Shed, v. t.]
1. The killing of one human being by
another.
&fist; Homicide is of three kinds: justifiable, as
when the killing is performed in the exercise of a right or
performance of a duty; excusable, as when done, although not
as duty or right, yet without culpable or criminal intent; and
felonious, or involving what the law terms malice; the latter
may be either manslaughter or murder. Bouvier.
2. One who kills another; a manslayer.
Chaucer. Shak.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There are
four kinds of homocide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and
praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain
whether he fell by one kind or another -- the classification is for
advantage of the lawyers.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- The killing of one person by another.
- A person who kills another person.
- (police jargon) A homicide victim; a person who has been killed by someone else.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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