Associations to the word «Manslaughter»

Wiktionary

MANSLAUGHTER, noun. (obsolete) The slaying of a human being.
MANSLAUGHTER, noun. (law) The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger.

Dictionary definition

MANSLAUGHTER, noun. Homicide without malice aforethought.

Wise words

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John Locke