noun
- the crime of killing a human being without malice or premeditation
Usage: legal term
Examples
- The defendant was charged with manslaughter rather than murder.
- Vehicular manslaughter carries a lighter sentence than first-degree murder.
- The jury found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter.
- Involuntary manslaughter occurs when death results from negligence.
- The prosecutor argued that the evidence supported a manslaughter conviction.
- She pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the second degree.