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Homicide

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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(Latin: homo, man; caedere, to kill)

Destroying a human life, taking the life of another unjustly. Its malice consists in interfering with God's right over life as its author and owner, and with the God-given right of man to life.

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Entry for 'Homicide'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​h/homicide.html. 1910.
 
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