justifiable homicide
- A blameless killing that arises from legitimate actions such as self-defense, an accident, or necessary police enforcement, differing from defenses reducing penalty or crime degree
- In an act of self-protection, she committed a justifiable homicide.
- The police officer's actions leading to the suspect's death was ruled as justifiable homicide.
- During the accidental shooting at the hunting trip, it was deemed a case of justifiable homicide.
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