Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MIS-AD-VEN'TURE
MIS-AC-CEP-TA'TIONMIS-AD-VEN'TUR-ED
MIS-AD-VEN'TURE, n.
- Mischance; misfortune; ill luck; an unlucky accident.
- In law, homicide by misadventure, is when a man, doing a lawful act, without any intention of injury, unfortunately kills another. This is called excusable homicide. Blackstone.
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