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Parricide or parenticide – the killing of one's mother, father, or other close relative. Patricide – the act of killing of one's father. (Latin: pater "father"). Senicide – the killing of one's elderly family members. (Latin: senex "old man").
Patricide (or paternal homicide) is the act of killing one's own father. The word patricide derives from the Latin word pater (father) and the suffix -cida (cutter or killer). Patricide is a sub-form of parricide , which is defined as an act of killing a close relative. [ 1 ]
Parricide is the deliberate killing of one's own father and mother, spouse (husband or wife), children, and/or close relatives. However, the term is sometimes used more generally to refer to the intentional killing of a near relative. [ 1 ]
[3] [4] [5] If only the parents are killed, the case may also be referred to as a parricide. Where all members of a family are killed, the crime may be referred to as family annihilation . Familicide of others
Parricide is the killing/murder of ones parents (or one who commits such an act). Patricide is the killing/murdering of ones father (specifically). I am spplitting the parricide and patricide articles. --Signed by: Chazz - . @ 21:41, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
According to a 19th-century commentator, the relation between these two old laws might have been that it was the Lex Pompeia that specified the poena cullei (i.e., sewing the convict up in a sack and throwing him in the water) as the particular punishment for a parricide, because a direct reference to the Lex Cornelia shows that the typical ...
Parricide, the killing of one's parents or another close relative; Patricide, the killing of one's father; Prolicide, the killing of one's offspring; Sororicide, the killing of one's sister; Uxoricide, the killing of one's wife; Non-familial killing terms from the same root. Deicide, the killing of a god
Normally, the act of killing one's spouse or child is punishable by reclusion perpetua or imprisonment from 20 years and 1 day to 40 years under Article 246 of the Revised Penal Code for the crime of parricide, [173] although any homicide may benefit from the general mitigating circumstances provided for crimes (see Article 13 [174]) Philippine ...