Mariticide

Not to be confused with Matricide.

Mariticide (from Latin maritus "husband" + -cide, from caedere "to cut, to kill") literally means murder of one's husband. The murder of a wife is given the name uxoricide.

English common law

Under English common law it was a petty treason until 1828, and until it was altered under the Treason Act 1790 the punishment was to be strangled and burnt at the stake.[1]

Notable instances

Historical

Anne Williams burned at the stake for mariticide in Gloucester, 1753.[1]

Mythological

In Greek mythology

Literature

In Lamb to the Slaughter, A housewife kill her husband by hitting him with a lamb leg

In Films

In Dead Alive Vera drowned her husband because he had an affair with a woman. In Addams's Family Values, Debbie killed her two husbands, first was too busy to dine with her, the second will not buy her a Mercedes-Benz, she tried to kill Fester Addams and his family but Pubert save them and killed Debbie.

See also

Familial killing terms:
Non-familial killing terms from the same root:

References

  1. 1 2 Burgess, Samuel Walter (1825), Historical illustrations of the origin and progress of the passions, and their influence on the conduct of mankind, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, pp. 134–135
  2.  Stronach, George (1892). "Kincaid, Jean". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 123.
  3. Stateline Victoria
  4. HTML Document: Regina v Knight [2001] NSWSC 1011 revised - 29 January 2002
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