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Legal Terms Chapter 13 - Homicide Flashcards

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Homicide

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The killing of a human being by another human being.

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Cidere

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To kill.

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Feticide

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The killing a fetus in the womb; abortion.

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Fraticide

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The killing of one’s brother.

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Genocide

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The killing of a racial or political group.

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Infanticide

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The killing of an infant soon after birth.

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Matricide

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The killing of one’s mother.

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Patricide

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The killing of one’s father.

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Sororicide

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The killing of one’s sister.

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Suicide

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The killing of oneself; murder at common law.

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Uxoricide

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The killing of one’s wife.

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Mariticide

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The killing of one’s husband.

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Justifiable homicide

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The taking of a human life when a lawful justification exists; a killing made in self-defense is a justifiable homicide.

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Excusable homicide

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The taking of a human life when an excuse exists.

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Self-defense

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Justification for the use of force when resisting attack, including if it kills assailant.

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Imminent danger

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The situation that exists where an unlawful attack is about to happen.

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Castle doctrine

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A doctrine that allows people to use all necessary force, without first retreating, to defend themselves when they are in their home.

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Viable

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Having the appearance of being able to live.

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Year-and-a-day rule

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The rule requiring that a victim’s death must have occurred within a year and a day after the attack occurred in order for the defendant to be convicted of a homicide.

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Proximate cause

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The dominant or moving cause; the defendant’s act was the dominant cause of death.

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Corpus delicti

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A body on which a crime has been committed.

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Causation

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The direct and proximate cause of someone’s injuries.

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Felonious homicide

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A homicide done with the intent to commit a felony.

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Felon

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A person who has committed a felony.

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Capital crime

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A crime that is punishable by death.

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Murder

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The unlawful killing of a human being by another with malice aforethought.

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Malice aforethought

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Evil intent; that state of mind that is reckless of law and of the legal rights of others.

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Death with dignity statutes

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A type of law that allows doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication to terminally ill people who have 6 months or less to live.

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Euthanasia

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The act of painlessly putting to death someone suffering from an incurable disease as an act of mercy; illegal in the U.S.

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Right-to-die

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Laws allowing dying people to refuse extraordinary treatment to prolong life.

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First degree murder

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Murder committed with deliberate premeditation malice aforethought, OR with extreme atrocity or cruelty, OR while in the commission of a felony such as burglary, robbery, or rape.

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Felony murder

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Murder committed while in the commission or attempted commission of a crime punishable with death or imprisonment for life.

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Premeditated malice aforethought

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Thinking over, deliberating on, or weighing in the mind beforehand.

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Second degree murder

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In some states, this is when the malice aforethought is implied rather than express; in some states, can be intentional or even not intentional but an extreme indifference to the value of human life.

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Implied malice aforethought

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No considerable provocation appears, but a conscious disregard or depraved indifference is apparent.

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Express malice aforethought

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Deliberate intention to unlawfully take away the life of a fellow human being.

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Manslaughter

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The unlawful killing of one human being by another without malice aforethought.

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Voluntary manslaughter

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The unlawful killing of one human being by another without malice aforethought.

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Voluntary manslaughter

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The unlawful killing of another, without malice, when an intention to kill exists, but through violence that is the result of what is often termed “the heat of passion.”

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Involuntary manslaughter

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The unintentional killing of another while in the commission of an unlawful act that is not a felony or in the commission of a wanton or reckless act.

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Adequate provocation

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A provocation that a reasonable person might naturally be induced to commit the act after losing self-control.

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