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wilful homicide

wilful homicide noun: murder; defined similarly as in English law.

Noun

wilful homicide (plural wilful homicides)

  1. (Malta) murder; defined similarly as in English law
    • 211. (1) Whosoever shall be guilty of wilful homicide shall be punished with imprisonment for life. (2) A person shall be guilty of wilful homicide if, maliciously, with intent to kill another person or to put the life of such other person in manifest jeopardy, he causes the death of such other...2019, Criminal Code of the Republic of Malta (English version), article 211, subarticles 1 and 2

Forms of wilful homicide

pluralwilful homicides

Origin of wilful homicide

Calque of Maltese omiċidju volontarju.

Questions about wilful homicide

What does wilful homicide mean?
Wilful homicide means murder; defined similarly as in English law.
What part of speech is wilful homicide?
Wilful homicide is a noun.
What is the plural of wilful homicide?
The plural of wilful homicide is wilful homicides.

Words near wilful homicide in the dictionary

  1. wilfoside
  2. Wilfred
  3. Wilfrid
  4. wilful
  5. wilful blindness
  6. wilful homicide
  7. wilful homicides
  8. wilful ignorance
  9. Wilful Murder
  10. wilfuler
  11. wilfulest

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