manslayer – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
manslayer
n.
one who unintentionally kills another human being, one who kills another person without planning the act in advance (Law)
Manslaughter
Manslaughter is a legal term for the killing of a human being, in a manner considered by law as less
culpable than
murder. The distinction between murder and manslaughter is sometimes said to have first been made by the Ancient Athenian lawmaker
Draco in the 7th century B.C.E.
manslayer
Noun
1. a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
(synonym) murderer, liquidator
(hypernym) criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
(hyponym) assassin, assassinator, bravo
Manslayer
(n.)
One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Manslayer
one who kills another unintentionally, and is thus distinguished from a murderer, who kills with malice aforethought. The cases of manslaughter mentioned in Scripture appear to be a sufficient indication of the intention of the lawgiver.
→ Death by a blow in a sudden quarrel. (Numbers 35:22)
→ Death by a stone or missile thrown at random. Ibid. (Numbers 35:22,23)
→ By the blade of an axe flying from its handle. (19:5) In all these and the like cases the manslayer was allowed to retire to a city of refuge. A thief overtaken at night in the act of stealing might lawfully be put to death, but if the sun had risen the killing him was to be regarded as murder. (Exodus 22:2,8)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) , by William Smith.
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