(in some jurisdictions, including Scotland, South Africa, and India) an unlawful act that results in a person's death but is held not to amount to murder.
‘They must protect life by enacting criminal legislation which aims to punish individuals who deprive others of their right to life - i.e. murder, manslaughter, culpable homicide, etc.’
‘The jury convicted him of culpable homicide, rather than murder.’
‘Convictions generally carry lesser sentences than in manslaughter or culpable homicide cases in the UK.’
‘The husband has committed an act that is morally wrong; he has committed murder, or perhaps culpable homicide, or at least manslaughter.’
‘In March 2002, they were both acquitted on charges of murder and culpable homicide.’
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