Which implication may fall within the breadth of “ḥayāh”?

Musāwāt and Ījāz al-Qaṣr: Proportionate Wording and the Rhetoric of Qiṣāṣ

• Only a declaration that no offence occurred
• A fixed numerical count of victims in every case
• Protection of potential future victims
• The abolition of all rules governing homicide