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MANSLAUGHTER [1 record]

Record 1 2011-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
CONT

Culpable homicide that is not murder or infanticide is manslaughter.

OBS

Term used in the Criminal Code.

OBS

Generally unlawful homicide which cannot be classified as murder, as where X kills Y as a result of grossly negligent conduct.

OBS

May be classified as (1) voluntary, manslaughter because the accused succesfully pleads diminished responsibility or provocation; (2) involuntary, as where the actus reus of homicide is unaccompanied by malice aforethought, resulting from an act performed with criminal negligence.

OBS

manslaughter: Term, context and observations reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
CONT

L'homicide coupable qui n'est pas un meurtre ni un infanticide constitue un homicide involontaire coupable.

OBS

Le terme «homicide involontaire coupable» a remplacé «homicide involontaire» dans le Code criminel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
CONT

Es "voluntary" (voluntario) cuando se dan circunstancias atenuantes como la provocación o la capacidad mental disminuida, e "involuntary" (involuntario) cuando sobreviene durante la realización de una conducta, lícita o delictiva, pero sin observar la necesaria cautela o reunir la competencia necesaria.

OBS

En Inglaterra, el "manslaughter" consiste en matar a otro ilegítimamente sin intención, definición amplia que comprende el homicidio cometido con dolo eventual y el causado por imprudencia temeraria.

OBS

homicidio involuntario; homicidio por imprudencia; homicidio por negligencia: Expresiones, contexto y observaciones reproducidas del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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