Crossword clues for manslaughter
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Manslaughter \Man"slaugh`ter\, n.
The slaying of a human being; destruction of men.
--Milton.(Law) The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., " act, crime, or sin of killing another human being," in battle or not, from man (n.) + slaughter (n.). Replaced Old English mannslæht (Anglian), mannslieht (West Saxon), from slæht, slieht "act of killing" (see slay). Etymologically identical with homicide, but in legal use usually distinguished from murder and restricted to "simple homicide."
Wiktionary
n. 1 (cx obsolete English) The slaying of a human being. 2 (cx law English) 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.
WordNet
n. homicide without malice aforethought
Wikipedia
Manslaughter is a legal term for homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder. The distinction between murder and manslaughter is sometimes said to have first been made by the Ancient Athenian lawmaker Draco in the 7th century B.C.E.
The definition of manslaughter differs among legal jurisdictions.
Manslaughter is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama film directed by George Abbott, and starring Claudette Colbert and Fredric March. An original print of the film is saved in the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
This film is a sound remake of Cecil B. DeMille's 1922 silent classic Manslaughter. Paramount also released a French-language version of this 1930 film as The Indictment, directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki.
Manslaughter may refer to:
Manslaughter is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Thomas Meighan, Leatrice Joy, and Lois Wilson. It was written by Jeanie MacPherson based upon the novel of the same name by Alice Duer Miller.
Manslaughter is a 2005 Danish film written and directed by Per Fly. The film stars Jesper Christensen, Beate Bille and Pernilla August as well as Fly's wife Charlotte Fich.
Manslaughter won the Nordic Council Film Prize in 2005, multiple awards at the 2006 Bodil Awards — including Best Actor, Best Film and Best Supporting actress — as well as being nominated for several other major film awards. Beate Bille also received a Shooting Star Award at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival for her role in the film.
The film is part of a trilogy by Fly about the Danish society. Bænken is about the underclass, Arven about the upperclass and Drabet about the middleclass.
Manslaughter is a 2012 Dutch thriller film directed by Pieter Kuijpers.
Manslaughter is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Body Count. The album was released on June 10, 2014, by Sumerian Records.
Usage examples of "manslaughter".
He himself was armed with a gun, and whilst he was still arguing with Sir John Bellamy the nice point whether, should he execute that particular animal, as he felt a carnal longing to do, it would be manslaughter or dogslaughter, he found himself wide awake.
Upon this evidence being given in the Roseguard Court of the Shir Lady Mirya Witte pleaded justifiable manslaughter but was convicted on a charge of murder subsequent to which sentence was postponed subject to this present appeal before the High Judiciary.
If this was the truth, it made Burgo Smyth an accomplice to murder or manslaughter, in terms of the law.
Coggins and her husband, David Coggins, had been on trial for manslaughter.
Cahir, County Tipperary by a small crowd, almost exclusively women, after receiving a suspended sentence for manslaughter.
He would defend Joe on an assault or a manslaughter charge, and in the process the beanfield would be forgotten.
I warn you, however, that a rewording of the specifications may change their meaning to the extent that they define manslaughter.
A federal grand jury has indicted seven men on an array of charges under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations statutes, including ten counts of murder, two counts of solicitation to capital murder, seven counts of manslaughter, five counts of conspiracy to terrorism, seventeen counts of obstructing justice, twenty-two counts of weapons violations, and sixteen counts of endangering the public health.
Steve Briggs said that the State was willing to entertain a guilty plea to a charge of manslaughter in the first degree.
So they had to wait while a parade of characters were arraigned on a variety of charges such as manslaughter, robbery, attempted rape, drug trafficking, driving under the influence, receiving stolen goods, and assault and battery.
He read of three murders, five manslaughters, seven arsons, and as many as eleven rapes--a surprisingly high number--in addition to many less conspicuous crimes, to be tried during a coming Sessions.
Manslaughter, murder three, involuntary homicide—none of these terms exist in Atrian law.
The trial, a diminished capacity defense, a plea bargain down to Manslaughter Two.
Even the judge, old Sam Parkin, an amiable old darling, perfectly capable of giving a conditional discharge for manslaughter or putting an old lag on probation, even old Sam looked, when the case opened, as if he'd just heard the clerk say, 'Put up Jack the Ripper.
Fleming thought, Murder -- manslaughter -- diminished responsibility -- the virus was becoming more and more attenuated, in time it would become benign.