See also:

• PARRICIDE (probably for Lat. patricidia, from pater, father, and caedere, to slay); strictly the murder of a parent; the term however has been extended to include the murder of any relative or of an ascendant by a descendant. The first Roman law against p

PARRICIDE (probably for See also:

• LAT

Lat. patricidia, from See also:

• PATER, WALTER HORATIO (1839-1894)

pater, See also:

• FATHER

father, and caedere, to slay); strictly the See also:

• MURDER

murder of a See also:

• PARENT, SIMON NAPOLEON (1855– )

parent; the See also:

• TERM

term however has been extended to include the murder of any relative or of an ascendant by a descendant. The first See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law against p  arricide was that of the Lex See also:

• CORNELIA (end cent. Bc.)

Cornelia de sicariis et veneficis (c . 81 B.C.), which enacted that the murderer of a See also:

• PARENT, SIMON NAPOLEON (1855– )

parent should be sewed up in a See also:

• SACK

sack and thrown into the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, and provided other punishments for the killing of near relatives . The Lex Pompeia de parricidiis (52 B.C.) re-enacted the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal provisions of the Lex Cornelia and defined See also:

• PARRICIDE (probably for Lat. patricidia, from pater, father, and caedere, to slay); strictly the murder of a parent; the term however has been extended to include the murder of any relative or of an ascendant by a descendant. The first Roman law against p

parricide as the deliberate and wrongful slaying of ascendants, husbands, wives, See also:

• COUSINS, SAMUEL (18o1-1887)

cousins, See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts, stepfathers and mothers, fathers and mothers-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, patrons and descendants . For the See also:

• MURDER

murder of a See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• MOTHER

mother, grandfather or grandmother, the Lex Pompeia ordained that the guilty See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person should be whipped till he bled, sewn up in a sack with a See also:

• DOG

dog, a See also:

• COCK, EDWARD (1805-1892)

cock, a See also:

• VIPER

viper and an See also:

• APE (Old Eng. ape; Dutch aap; Old Ger. a ffo; Welsh epa; Old Bohemian op; a word of uncertain origin, possibly an imitation of the animal's chatter)

ape, and thrown into the sea . Failing See also:

• WATER

water, he was either to be torn in pieces by See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild beasts or burned . See also:

• ENGLISH

English law has never made any legal distinction between killing a parent or other relative and See also:

• SIMPLE

simple murder, and the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands and See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany follow in the same direction . See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French law has been exceptionally severe in its treatment of parricide . Before the Revolution, the parricide if a male, had to make a recantation of his See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime, and then suffered the loss of his right See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand; his See also:

• BODY

body was afterwards burned and the ashes scattered to the winds . If the parricide was a See also:

• FEMALE

female she was burned or hanged . After the Revolution the See also:

• PENALTY (Lat. poena, punishment)

penalty became simply one of See also:

• DEATH

death, but the compilers of the penal See also:

• CODE (Lat. codex)

code adjudged this insufficient and reintroduced some of the previous provisions: the parricide was brought to the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution clad in a See also:

• SHIRT

shirt, See also:

• BARE

bare-footed, and the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head enveloped in a See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black See also:

• VEIL (O.Fr. veile, mod. voile, from Lat. velum, cloth, awning, sail)

veil . While he was exposed on the See also:

• SCAFFOLD
• SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING (from the O. Fr. escafaut, originally escafalt, modern echafaud, a corruption of the Italian or Spanish calafalco, a platform, especially a canopy over a bier, a catafalque; this word is composed of O. Span. altar, O. Ital. catare, t

scaffold, an officer read aloud the See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree of condemnation; the See also:

• CULPRIT

culprit then had his right hand cut off, and was immediately afterwards executed . On the revision of the penal code in 1832 the cutting off of the right hand was omitted, but the other details remained .

Other See also:

• CONTINENTAL

continental See also:

• EUROPEAN

European countries, following the example of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, treat the crime of parricide with exceptional severity .