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Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

Homicide

Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English vol.
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Homicide  (HOMICIDE n.)


Death or disability (426-2) may be the consequence of disease (420-2) or of injury 1 or poisoning 2. Injuries may be due to accident 3 or violence 4. Among cases of violence it is normal to distinguish suicides 5 and attempted suicides 5, homicides 6 and deaths or injuries due to operations of war 7.

  • 1. Injury. A distinction is often made between intentional and unintentional injury.
  • 3. Accident, n. - accidental, adj.
  • 4. Violence, n. - violent, adj.
  • 6. Homicide, n.: May in law be murder or manslaughter.
  • 7. Abbreviated to war deaths and war injuries.

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