| 单词 | judicial murder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjudicial murder judicial murder n. death inflicted by process of law, capital punishment, esp. considered to be unjust or cruel; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > [noun] > sentence > death-sentence > unjust judicial murder1688 1688 J. Northleigh Nat. Allegiance vi. 37 He would willingly make this Proceeding against the Knight but a sort of Judicial Murder. 1797 J. Workman Let. to Duke of Portland 56 Judicial robbery, like judicial murder, can never long be an established system in a country where the voice of the people is heard. 1858 J. Paget Inq. Evid. relating to Charges brought by Ld. Macaulay ii. 26 The many judicial murders which disgraced that period of our history. 2007 Independent (Nexis) 1 Nov. 42 There is little difference in kind between Saudi's public execution and America's much-publicised methods of judicial murder. < as lemmas |
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