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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 601 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MANSLAUGHTER (0. Eng., mannslaeht, from See also:mann, See also:man, and slaeht, See also:act of slaying, sledn, to slay, properly to smite; cf. Ger. schlagen, Schlacht, See also:battle) , a See also:term in See also:English See also:law signifying " unlawful See also:homicide without malice aforethought " (See also:Stephen, See also:Digest of the Criminal Law, See also:Art. 223). The distinction between manslaughter and See also:murder and other forms of homicide is treated under HOMICIDE.

End of Article: MANSLAUGHTER (0. Eng., mannslaeht, from mann, man, and slaeht, act of slaying, sledn, to slay, properly to smite; cf. Ger. schlagen, Schlacht, battle)

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