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Regicide

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One who killed a king or queen; the act of so doing.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The murder of a sovereign; also the person who commits such murder.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

A slayer of a king; also, the killing of a king.