'Manslaughter' definitions:
Definition of 'manslaughter'
(from WordNet)
noun
Homicide without malice aforethought
Definition of 'Manslaughter'
From: GCIDE
- Manslaughter \Man"slaugh`ter\, n.
- 1. The slaying of a human being; destruction of men. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger. [1913 Webster]