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An accidental death is an unnatural death that is caused by an accident, such as a slip and fall, traffic collision, or accidental poisoning. Accidental deaths are distinguished from death by natural causes, disease, and from intentional homicides and suicide. An accidental death can still be considered a homicide or suicide if a person was the ...
Massacre, mass murder or spree killing – the killing of many people. Murder – the malicious and unlawful killing of a human by another human. Manslaughter - murder, but under legally mitigating circumstances. Omnicide – the act of killing all humans, to create intentional extinction of the human species (Latin: omni "all, everyone").
Types of accidental killing include: Involuntary manslaughter if unlawful; Accidental death if not due to unreasonable behavior; Collateral damage (a euphemism) if due to imprecise or incorrect targeting during wartime
A real estate developer charged in a murder-for-hire plot is facing new criminal charges in federal court, where prosecutors allege the businessman also hired someone to set fire to one of his ...
Assessed value: The value of real estate property as determined by an assessor, typically from the county. "As-is": A contract or listing clause stating that the seller will not repair or correct ...
Real estate tycoon Brad Simpson, 53, was charged late Thursday while already in jail for other charges tied to the disappearance a month ago of his wife of 22 years, whose body has yet to be found.
In real estate, stigmatized property is property that buyers or tenants may shun for reasons that are unrelated to its physical condition or features. [1] These can include death of an occupant, [1] [2] murder, [1] [2] suicide, [2] previous illicit activities, and even the belief that a house is haunted. [3]
In most common law jurisdictions, there was no common law right to recover civil damages for the wrongful death of a person. [3] Under common law, a dead person cannot bring a suit (under the maxim actio personalis moritur cum persona), and this created an anomaly in which activities that resulted in a person's injury would result in civil sanction, but activities that resulted in a person's ...