Hypertext Webster Gateway: "manslaughter"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Manslaughter \Man"slaugh`ter\, n.
1. The slaying of a human being; destruction of men.
--Milton.

2. (Law) The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligenc?
or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act,
but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement
of anger.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

manslaughter
n : unlawful killing of a human being without malice


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