Misadventure

An accident by which an injury occurs to another. When applied to homicide, misadventure is the act of a man who, in the performance of a lawful act, without any intention to do harm, and after using proper precaudeath ensues must he neith^ malwm in se nor malum prohibitum. The usual examples under this head are: (1) When the death ensues from innocent recreations; (2) from moderate and lawful correction in foro domestico; (3) from acts lawful and indifferent in themselves, done with proper and ordinary caution.

4 Bl. Comm. 182; 1 East, P. C. 221.

See "Homicide;" "Manslaughter."