slay
slay v. 杀害；杀死 尤指在战争中的杀害，于此之外则与「kill」一词同义。「slain」是其过去分词，可用于表示被杀害的人。
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slayer rule
slayer rule. The doctrine that neither a person who kills another nor the killer’s heirs can share in the decedent’s estate. — Also termed slayer’s rule.
mislay
mislay, vb. To deposit (property, etc.) in a place not afterwards recollected; to lose (property, etc.) by forgetting where it was placed. See mislaid property under PROPERTY.
slayer’s rule
slayer’s rule 「杀人者」规则 在此规则下，如果杀害行为是出于故意或恶意，则杀人者及其继承人都不能作为继承人或受遗赠人分配死者的遗产，也不能作为受益人获得死者人身保险的收益。但如果杀害行为非出于故意，即使出于重大过失，杀人者及其继承人也可以分配死者遗产或获得收益。
slayer statute
slayer statute. Slang. A statute that prohibits a person’s killer from taking any part of the decedent’s estate through will or intestacy. • The Uniform Probate Code and nearly all jurisdictions have a slayer-statute provision.
capitis aestimatio
capitis aestimatio (kap-i-tis es-ti-may-shee-oh). [Latin “valuing of a head”] Hist. A monetary estimate of a person’s life, made to assess a penalty for the person’s slaying. See WERGILD.
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infanticide
infanticide (in-fant-[schwa]-sId). 1. The act of killing a newborn child, esp. by the parents or with their consent. • In archaic usage, the word referred also to the killing of an unborn child. — Also termed child destruction; neonaticide. Cf. FETICIDE; FILICIDE. 2. The practice of killing newborn children. 3. One who kills a newborn
intestable
intestable, adj. 1. Not capable of being tested (an intestable DNA sample). 2. Legally incapable of making a will or of benefiting under a will (an insane person is intestable in all states) (the slaying-statute makes killers intestable in relation to their victims). 3. Disqualified from giving evidence, esp. testifying (the witness is intestable because