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culpable homicide

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noun

  1. Scots law manslaughter

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Masondo added that a case of culpable homicide would be opened.

From BBC Jan. 19, 2026

They set up a charity to help other families bereaved by murder, culpable homicide and suicide.

From BBC Dec. 31, 2025

Pistorius’ case and his parole eligibility have been complicated by those appeals by prosecutors, who first challenged his culpable homicide conviction and then a sentence of six years for murder, which they called shockingly lenient.

From Seattle Times Nov. 20, 2023

Pistorius, who is now 36, was ultimately convicted of murder after prosecutors appealed against an initial conviction for culpable homicide, which is comparable to manslaughter.

From Washington Times Mar. 30, 2023

The Turkish police arrested the father of the obdurate fairy, and tried him for culpable homicide.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 439 Volume 17, New Series, May 29, 1852 by William Chambers

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