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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 33 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MURDER , in See also:

law, the unlawful killing of a See also:person with malice aforethought (see See also:HOMICIDE). The O. Eng. mor5or comes ultimately from the Indo-See also:European See also:root See also:mar–, to See also:die, which has also given See also:Lat. See also:moss, See also:death, and all its derivatives in See also:English, See also:French and other Rom. See also:languages; cf, Gr. 3porbs, for Aopr6s, mortal. The O. Eng. See also:form, Latinized as murdrum, murtrum, whence Fr. meurtre, is represented in other See also:Teutonic languages by a cognate form, e.g. Ger. Mord, Du. moord.

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