See Also: In sight(finance)
Day sight(health)
At Sight(money)
out of sight(dictionary)
sight(1)(dictionary)
second sight(medicine)
sight(2)(dictionary)
near sight(medicine)
second sight(dictionary)
far sight(medicine)

homicide (iou) and second sight (oh)


homicide (iou)



homicide noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French, from (sense 1) Latin homicidium, (sense 2) Latin homicida, both from shortened stem of homo, homin-human being: see -CIDE.]
The killing, by a human being, of a human being. ME.
excusable homicide: incurring blame, but no criminal liability because in self-defence or by misadventure. justifiable homicide: incurring neither blame nor criminal liability because in the execution of one's duty. unlawful homicide: incurring criminal liability because done with malice aforethought or culpable neglect.
A person who kills a human being. In early use often spec. a murderer. LME.

second sight (oh)



n [U]
the ability to know what will happen in the future, or to know about things that are happening somewhere else, that some people claim to have