justifiable homicide
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In Jacksonville, police and prosecutors review cases together when investigating whether a killing is a justifiable homicide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
Claims of justifiable homicide in self-defense depend on the “reasonable” perception of threat that a defendant experienced when they used lethal violence.
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2021
Did investigators treat the shooting as a potential murder, or as a justifiable homicide?
From Washington Times ● May 17, 2020
George Barnhill Sr., a prosecutor from nearby Waycross, was given the case, but told investigators the killing was a justifiable homicide.
From Washington Post ● May 9, 2020
In other words, it was a question of whether it was justifiable homicide; and that brought in the question what the law was, and it was usually only in that way.
From Popular Law-making by Stimson, Frederic Jesup
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