Legal Definition and Related Resources of Excusable homicide
Meaning of Excusable homicide
Homicide committed under circumstances which constitute, not a justification, but merely an excuse. It is of two sorts:
(1) Per infortunium, or by misadventure, where a person unfortunately kills another in doing a lawful act, without any intent to hurt, and without criminal negligence.
(2) Se defendo, or in self-defense, upon a sudden affray, where a person, after becoming engaged in a sudden affray, kills his antagonist to save himself from reasonably apparent danger of death or great bodily harm. 4 Bl. Comm. 182. The latter sort was distinguished from justifiable homicide in self-defense by the fact that the perpetrator was deemed in some fault in being engaged in an affray. This distinction is now generally abolished. Excusable homicide was anciently punished by forfeiture of goods (4 Bl. Comm. 182) , but is not now punished. See “Justifiable Homicide.” in capltalibus, quod non operatur idem, in Icivilibus. That excuses or extenuates a wrong in capital causes which does not have effect in civil suits. Bac. Max. reg. 7; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 291.
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Excusable homicide in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of excusable homicide.
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- Law Enforcement Officer
- Policeman
- Law Enforcement Agency
Further Reading
- excusable homicide in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- excusable homicide in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
English Legal System: Excusable Homicide
In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Excusable Homicide : The killing of a human being that results in no criminal liability, either because it took place in lawful *self-defence or by misadventure (an accident not involving gross negligence).
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