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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 33 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MURDER  , in

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law, the unlawful killing of a
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person with malice aforethought (see
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HOMICIDE) . The O . Eng. mor5or comes ultimately from the Indo-
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European
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root mar–, to
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die, which has also given
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Lat.
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moss,
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death, and all its derivatives in
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English,
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French and other Rom.
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languages; cf, Gr . 3porbs, for Aopr6s, mortal . The O . Eng.
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form, Latinized as murdrum, murtrum, whence Fr. meurtre, is represented in other
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Teutonic languages by a cognate form, e.g . Ger . Mord, Du. moord .

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