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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Homicide \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. Note: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: homicide n : unlawful premeditated killing of a human being [syn: {murder}, {slaying}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: 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.
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