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单词 justifiable homicide
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Definition of justifiable homicide in English:

justifiable homicide

noun
mass noun
  • The killing of a person in circumstances which allow the act to be regarded in law as without criminal guilt.

    正当杀人(指法律上在某些情况下被视为无罪的杀人行为)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • What we would classify as murder today was in some cases justifiable homicide, in others mandatory.
    • Indeed, it was a de facto ‘verdict’ of justifiable homicide.
    • The jury took just 20 minutes to hand in their verdict of justifiable homicide.
    • The criminal justice system instantly recognized the shooting as a justifiable homicide.
    • I would then have admitted the crime, retained myself for the defense… and entered a plea of justifiable homicide.
    • Their verdict, in effect, was a ruling of justifiable homicide.
    • A plea of justifiable homicide might result awkwardly for enforcement officers.
    • At the Coroner's Inquest a unanimous verdict of justifiable homicide was returned.
    • Consider, for example, self-defense, a form of justifiable homicide.
    • And he was then not charged with any offence at all, because the law makes it quite clear that what he was engaged in doing amounts to justifiable homicide under the provisions I just spoke about.

Definition of justifiable homicide in US English:

justifiable homicide

nounˈdʒəstəˌfaɪəbəl
  • The killing of a person in circumstances which allow the act to be regarded in law as without criminal guilt.

    正当杀人(指法律上在某些情况下被视为无罪的杀人行为)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A plea of justifiable homicide might result awkwardly for enforcement officers.
    • What we would classify as murder today was in some cases justifiable homicide, in others mandatory.
    • The criminal justice system instantly recognized the shooting as a justifiable homicide.
    • At the Coroner's Inquest a unanimous verdict of justifiable homicide was returned.
    • Indeed, it was a de facto ‘verdict’ of justifiable homicide.
    • And he was then not charged with any offence at all, because the law makes it quite clear that what he was engaged in doing amounts to justifiable homicide under the provisions I just spoke about.
    • The jury took just 20 minutes to hand in their verdict of justifiable homicide.
    • Consider, for example, self-defense, a form of justifiable homicide.
    • I would then have admitted the crime, retained myself for the defense… and entered a plea of justifiable homicide.
    • Their verdict, in effect, was a ruling of justifiable homicide.
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