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| − | + | '''Homicide''' ([[Latin]] ''homicidium'', ''homo'' human being + ''caedere'' to cut, kill) refers to the act of killing another [[human being]].<ref>[http://www.nolo.com/definition.cfm/Term/51AB22D3-86AB-4B55-8648BC28B45909C0/alpha/H/ Nolo Press]</ref> It can also describe a person who has committed such an act, though this use is rare in modern English. Although '''homicide''' does not define an illegal act necessarily, some [[jurisdiction]]s use the word to indicate the unlawful killing of a person. Homicide may include [[murder]], [[voluntary manslaughter]], and [[involuntary manslaughter]]. There are a number of defenses that make homicide justifiable or not legally "murder" in some cases. | |
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| − | + | Criminal '''homicide''' is a [[malum in se]] crime, and every legal system contains some form of prohibition or regulation of criminal '''homicide'''. | |
| − | Homicidal crimes include: | + | Homicidal crimes in some [[criminal jurisdiction]]s include: |
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**[[Felony murder]] | **[[Felony murder]] | ||
**[[Capital murder]] | **[[Capital murder]] | ||
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* Criminal Homicide | * Criminal Homicide | ||
** [[culpable homicide]] (in [[Scots law]]) | ** [[culpable homicide]] (in [[Scots law]]) | ||
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Revision as of 23:33, 28 May 2007
Homicide (Latin homicidium, homo human being + caedere to cut, kill) refers to the act of killing another human being.[1] It can also describe a person who has committed such an act, though this use is rare in modern English. Although homicide does not define an illegal act necessarily, some jurisdictions use the word to indicate the unlawful killing of a person. Homicide may include murder, voluntary manslaughter, and involuntary manslaughter. There are a number of defenses that make homicide justifiable or not legally "murder" in some cases.
Homicidal crimes
Criminal homicide is a malum in se crime, and every legal system contains some form of prohibition or regulation of criminal homicide.
Homicidal crimes in some criminal jurisdictions include:
- murder
- Felony murder
- Capital murder
- manslaughter
- Criminal Homicide
- culpable homicide (in Scots law)
- negligent homicide
- Criminally negligent homicide
Many forms of 'homicide' have their own term based on the person being killed.
- infanticide - Killing of an infant
- fratricide - Killing of one's brother; in a military context, killing of a friendly combatant
- sororicide - Killing of one's sister
- parricide - Killing of one's parents
- patricide - Killing of one's father
- matricide - Killing of one's mother
- mariticide - Killing of one's spouse
- uxoricide - Killing of one's wife
- filicide - Killing of one's child
- regicide - Killing of a monarch.
- genocide - Killing of a race
- suicide - Killing of oneself
Euthanasia (the "mercy killing" of a person who requests to die as painlessly as possibly) is considered a form of homicide in many jurisdictions.
Non-criminal homicide
Homicides do not always involve a crime. Sometimes the law allows homicide either through certain defenses to criminal charges, or through exceptions or circumstances, e.g. state executions. Some legal homicides include:
- Justifiable homicide
- Capital punishment
- War
- Rajm or Qisas (Islamic Law)
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