| 单词 | voluntary manslaughter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvoluntary manslaughter voluntary manslaughter n. Law a type of criminal homicide in which the killing is intentional but is distinguished from murder due to mitigating circumstances (such as certain kinds of provocation or self-defence).In early use perhaps not a fixed collocation. ΚΠ 1625 A. Darcie tr. Pope Pius V in tr. W. Camden Annales i. 171 Dispence in cases of irregularity, except in poynts proceeding from voluntary manslaughter. 1771 W. Eden Princ. Penal Law xix. 205 Voluntary manslaughter..ensueth most frequently upon some provocation given. 1887 North-eastern Daily Gaz. (Middlesbrough) 18 Aug. If they believed there was a quarrel and provocation then it would be an act of voluntary manslaughter. 2016 Tribune-Rev. (Greensburg, Pa.) (Nexis) 22 June [He] pleaded guilty..to voluntary manslaughter for asphyxiating his wife during a fight. < as lemmas |
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