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Answer for the clue "Unlawful killing of a human being without malice ", 12 letters:
manslaughter

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. homicide without malice aforethought

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Manslaughter is a crime in the United States . Definitions can vary among jurisdictions, but manslaughter is invariably the act of causing the death of another person in a manner less culpable than homicide .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in 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 ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a murder/manslaughter/fraud etc conviction ▪ He lost his job following a drugs conviction. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE guilty ▪ He later pleaded guilty to manslaughter . ▪ Too many prosecutors overcharge an ...

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.