(UK, law, historical) The doctrine that malice aforethought could be attributed to the defendant if death was caused during the commission of another felony (such as robbery or burglary) — abolished in most cases by the Homicide Act 1957.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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