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uxoricidium

uxoricidium [cf. uxoricida], act of killing one's wife, wife-murder. quare ~ium gravius puniatur quam parricidium T. Chobham Conf. 458; ad raptum, ad incestum, ad ~ium Rob. Flamb. Pen. 238; propter vitandum ~ium permittatur eis dare libellum repudii R. Orford Sciendum 225; ~ium gravius punitur quam matricidium Holcot Wisd. 148.

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