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Cal. Penal Code § 191

Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)

Part of Chapter 1: Homicide, California Penal Code.

Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 191

Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.

Cal. Penal Code § 191Primary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
The rules of the common law, distinguishing the killing of a master by his servant, and of a husband by his wife, as petit treason, are abolished, and these offenses are homicides, punishable in the manner prescribed by this Chapter.

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