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20 relations: Attendant circumstance, Common law, Commonwealth of Nations, Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, Criminal Code (Canada), English law, Homicide, Indian Penal Code, Infanticide, Justifiable homicide, Law of South Africa, Manslaughter, Manslaughter in English law, Mens rea, Murder, Pakistan Penal Code, Scots law, Sharia, Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, United Kingdom.
Attendant circumstance
In law, attendant circumstances (sometimes external circumstances) are the facts surrounding an event.
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Common law
Common law (also known as judicial precedent or judge-made law, or case law) is that body of law derived from judicial decisions of courts and similar tribunals.
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Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, often known as simply the Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of 53 member states that are mostly former territories of the British Empire.
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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (c. 19) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that seeks to broaden the law on corporate manslaughter in the United Kingdom.
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Criminal Code (Canada)
The Criminal Code (Code criminelThe citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by the French text of of this Act.) is a law that codifies most criminal offences and procedures in Canada.
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English law
English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales, comprising mainly criminal law and civil law, each branch having its own courts and procedures.
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Homicide
Homicide is the act of one human killing another.
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Indian Penal Code
The Indian Penal Code (IPC) is the main criminal code of India.
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Infanticide
Infanticide (or infant homicide) is the intentional killing of infants.
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Justifiable homicide
The concept of justifiable homicide in criminal law (e.g. as opposed to culpable homicide) stands on the dividing line between an excuse, a justification, and an exculpation.
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Law of South Africa
South Africa has a 'hybrid' or 'mixed' legal system, formed by the interweaving of a number of distinct legal traditions: a civil law system inherited from the Dutch, a common law system inherited from the British, and a customary law system inherited from indigenous Africans (often termed African Customary Law, of which there are many variations depending on the tribal origin).
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Manslaughter
Manslaughter is a common law legal term for homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder.
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Manslaughter in English law
In the English law of homicide, manslaughter is a less serious offence than murder, the differential being between levels of fault based on the mens rea (Latin for "guilty mind") or by reason of a partial defence.
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Mens rea
Mens rea (Law Latin for "guilty mind") is the mental element of a person's intention to commit a crime; or knowledge that one's action or lack of action would cause a crime to be committed.
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Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human being with malice aforethought.
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Pakistan Penal Code
The Pakistan Penal Code usually called PPC (Majmū'ah-yi ta'zīrāt-i Pākistān) is a penal code for all offences charged in Pakistan.
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Scots law
Scots law is the legal system of Scotland.
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Sharia
Sharia, Sharia law, or Islamic law (شريعة) is the religious law forming part of the Islamic tradition.
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Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa
The Supreme Court of Appeal or SCA (formerly known as the Appellate Division) is an appellate court in South Africa.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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