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Yoong Liat Posted 19 years ago
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homicide vs murder

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00What is the difference between 'homicide' and 'murder'? Is there a difference in British and American usage with regard to this term? 02font 02br 02br 01font 00A lawyer should really answer this.

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  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00What is the difference between 'homicide' and 'murder'?
  • Is there a difference in British and American usage with regard to this term?
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00A lawyer should really answer this.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 01font 00homicide02font 00 - Focuses on the killing of a human being, in the same way that 'fratricide' focuses on killing one's brother, 'suicide' on killing one's self, etc.
  • Homicide is not necessarily a crime.
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01font00What is the difference between 'homicide' and 'murder'? Is there a difference in British and American usage with regard to this term? 02font02br
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0 00Hi Clive02br
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00Thanks for the explanation. I agree with what you've said. What prompted me to ask this question is because my student asked me for the definition of 'homicide'. After explaining to him, I referred to his dictionary to make sure, and was surprised by what I read. It states that 'homicide' is AmE and 'murder' is BrE or maybe the other way round. I c
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01cite10Clive12cite11font11font10homicide12font10 - Focuses on the killing of a human being, in the same way that 'fratricide' focuses on killing one's brother, 'suicide' on killing one's self, etc. Homicide is not necessarily a crime. 12font11font
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0 As I understand it, "homicide" is the blanket term for any form of unlawful killing. 02br
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00Within homicide are sub-terms : murder [killing with malice - planned and intentional killing] and manslaughter [unlawful killing without malice or premeditation] or culpable homicide [used in Scotland - killing as the result of improper conduct].02br
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0 In Singapore, if someone is found guilty of murder, he or she will be sentenced to death by hanging.02br
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0 It seems that in Singapore, the term "homicide" is being used where in Britain we would use either manslaughter or culpable homicide.0-
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0The answer of the original question depends on the jurisdictions. In some jurisdictions homocide includes various murders like falony murder and capital murder and therefore it is the wider term, which explains why they are used sometimes synonymosly. Maybe you should limit the question to Singapore or to the further jurisdictions of interest? In Germany they are not synonym but it would take
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0 In Singapore, I read in the newspaper "culpable homicide not amounting to murder". Is this term used in America or Britain?0-
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0 As you will see in my earlier reply, "culpable homicide" is used in Scottish law.0-
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01cite10Feebs1112cite10As you will see in my earlier reply, "culpable homicide" is used in Scottish law.12br
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10I was referrring to the whole phrase 'culpable homicide not amounting to murder'. Is this phrase used in America or the UK?0-
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