Associations to the word «Slayer»

Wiktionary

SLAYER, noun. One who slays; a killer; a murderer; a destroyer of life.
SLAYER RULE, noun. (legal) A legal doctrine that prevents a murderer from realizing any inheritance from their victim, in effect in most jurisdictions.
SLAYER RULES, noun. Plural of slayer rule
SLAYER STATUTE, noun. (legal) A statute that prohibits inheritance by a person who murders someone from whom he or she stands to inherit.
SLAYER STATUTES, noun. Plural of slayer statute

Dictionary definition

SLAYER, noun. Someone who causes the death of a person or animal.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats