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What is second degree manslaughter?
Manslaughter in the second degree is defined as the unlawful killing of a human being without malice either express or implied, and without intent to kill or to inflict the injury causing death, committed accidentally in the commission of some unlawful act not felonious, or in the improper performance of an act lawful in itself. Manslaughter in the second degree may be committed by the doing of an unlawful act, or the doing of a lawful act in an unlawful manner, although at the time the defendant did not actually know that the act would result in homicide, and this notwithstanding, after the act was done, or while in progress the defendant used ordinary care to prevent the taking of human life; nor is the intention to take life necessary in a prosecution for this offense.
What is the first segment of a play called?
Act one
What are Two muscles that act in opposition to each other are called?
antagonistic
How was the metric act of 1866 important?
The "Metric Act of 1866" was significant because it recognized the metric system as a legal system of measurement in the United States. Basically, it said that the metric system was reliable enough to be used in the U.S. The act is sometimes referred to as the Kasson Act, after Congressman John A. Kasson of Iowa, who chaired the House Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures.
What was called for the government purchase of two million dollars of silver each month?
Bland-Allison Act
