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Matricide

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The murder of one’s mother; the murderer.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The murder of one’s mother.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The murder of a mother; or one who has slain his mother.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

The crime of killing one's mother.