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Infanticide - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Infanticide : (noun)
1: a person who murders an infant
2: murdering an infant
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Infanticide : \In*fan"ti*cide\, n. [L. infanticidium child murder;
infans, -antis, child _ caedere to kill: cf. F. infanticide.
See Infant, and Homicide.]
The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of
a newly born or young child; child murder.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Infanticide : \In*fan"ti*cide\, n. [L. infanticida: cf. F.
infanticide.]
One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an
infant.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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INFANTICIDE, med. juris. The murder of a new born infant, Dalloz, Dict.
Homicide, Sec. 4; Code Penal, 300. There is a difference between this
offence and those known by the name of prolicide, (q.v.) and foeticide.
(q.v.)
2. To commitInfanticide : the child must be wholly born; it is not.
Sufficient that it was born so far as the head and breathed, if it died
before it was wholly born. 5 Carr. & Payn. 329; 24 Eng. C. L. Rep. 344; S.
C. 6 Carr: & Payn. 349; S. C. 25 Eng. C. L. Rep. 433.
3. When this crime is to be proved from circumstances, it is proper to
consider whether the child had attained that size and maturity by which it
would have been enabled to maintain an independent existence; whether it was
born alive; and, if born alive, by what means it came to its death. 1 Beck's
Med. Jur. 331 to 428, where these several questions are learnedly
considered. See also 1 Briand, Med Leg. prem. part. c. 8 Cooper's Med. Jur.
h.t. Vide Ryan's Med. Jur. 137; Med. Jur. 145, 194; Dr. Cummin's Proof of
Infanticide considered Lecieux, Considerations Medico-legales sur
l'Infanticide; Duvergie, Medicine Legale, art. Infanticide.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Infanticide |
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zaliwadni: #hottest100 The Rake's Song... when have you ever sung out loud about Infanticide? |
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antitheistangie: YES!! A sitter is coming. I can leave before I commit Infanticide! #besthomocidealibiever |
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_JustThinking: theblogprof:VA condones Infanticide.Baby smothered right after birth,no charges bcause umbilical cord still attached: http://bit.ly/6XPfd8 |
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