# Idaho Code § 18-4005: 18-4005 PETIT TREASON ABOLISHED

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C40_S18-4005

## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 18-4005
- **Heading:** 18-4005 PETIT TREASON ABOLISHED
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 18 / Chapter 40 / Section 18-4005

## Text

18-4005. Petit treason abolished. 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.

History:

[18-4005, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 928.]

## Nearby sections

- [Idaho Code § 18-4001 18-4001 MURDER DEFINED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C40_S18-4001.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-4002 18-4002 EXPRESS AND IMPLIED MALICE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C40_S18-4002.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-4003 18-4003 DEGREES OF MURDER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C40_S18-4003.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-4004 18-4004 PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C40_S18-4004.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-4004A 18-4004A NOTICE OF INTENT TO SEEK DEATH PENALTY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C40_S18-4004A.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-4005 18-4005 PETIT TREASON ABOLISHED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C40_S18-4005.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-4006 18-4006 MANSLAUGHTER DEFINED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C40_S18-4006.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-4007 18-4007 PUNISHMENT FOR MANSLAUGHTER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C40_S18-4007.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-4009 18-4009 JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE BY ANY PERSON.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C40_S18-4009.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-4011 18-4011 JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE BY OFFICER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C40_S18-4011.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-4012 18-4012 EXCUSABLE HOMICIDE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C40_S18-4012.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-4013 18-4013 DISCHARGE OF DEFENDANT WHEN HOMICIDE JUSTIFIABLE OR EXCUSABLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C40_S18-4013.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-4014 18-4014 ADMINISTERING POISON WITH INTENT TO KILL.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C40_S18-4014.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-4015 18-4015 ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO MURDER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C40_S18-4015.md)

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