HOMICIDE, N. The Slaying Of One Human Being By Another.

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HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There are
four kinds of homocide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and
praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain
whether he fell by one kind or another -- the classification is for
advantage of the lawyers.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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