Legal Definition and Related Resources of Regicide
Meaning of Regicide
The murder of a sovereign . Also the murderer.
Regicide Alternative Definition
(Lat. rex, king, cedere, to kill, slay). The killing of a king, and, by extension, of a queen. Theorie des Lois Criminelles, vol. 1, p. 300.
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- Homicide
Concept of Regicide
Traditional meaning of regicide [1]: The killing of a king or queen.
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Notes and References
- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Regicide”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. This term and/or definition may be absolete. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary, based on a glossary of terms, included Regicide.
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