culpable homicide

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see culpable, homicide. countable,uncountable
    — a. Culpable homicide is called murder when you mean to cause someone to die.
  2. Homicide which is culpable but does not rise to the level of murder; unlawful killing of a human being which does not constitute murder. countable,uncountable
    — A charge of culpable homicide found relevant against both a shopkeeper and his servant, in respect that the former had culpably entrusted his servant with the charge of drugs which were sold in the shop, and the latter had culpably dispensed to a customer such an excessive dose of tartar emetic as to cause death. Henderson (High Court), 13 June 1842; 1 Broun 360.

词形变化

culpable homicides plural
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