first-degree (second-degree) murder

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• first degree murder — The intentional killing of another person by someone who has acted willfully, deliberately, or with planning. All murder that is committed with poison or by lying in wait is first degree murder. Category: Criminal Law Category: Small Claims Court …   Law dictionary

• first degree murder — Murder committed with deliberately premeditated malice aforethought, or with extreme atrocity or cruelty, or in the commission or attempted commission of a crime punishable with death or imprisonment for life, is murder in the first degree. State …   Black's law dictionary

• first degree murder — Murder committed with deliberately premeditated malice aforethought, or with extreme atrocity or cruelty, or in the commission or attempted commission of a crime punishable with death or imprisonment for life, is murder in the first degree. State …   Black's law dictionary

• first-degree murder — noun A murder which is premeditated with malice aforethought Syn: premeditated murder, murder one See Also: murder, second degree murder …   Wiktionary

• second degree murder — An unpremeditated killing, resulting from an assault in which death of the victim was a distinct possibility. Second degree murder is different from first degree murder, which is a premeditated, intentional killing; or results from a vicious… …   Law dictionary

• second degree murder — The unlawful taking of human life with malice, but without the other aggravating elements of first degree murder; i.e. without deliberation or premeditation …   Black's law dictionary

• murder — mur·der 1 / mər dər/ n [partly from Old English morthor; partly from Old French murdre, of Germanic origin]: the crime of unlawfully and unjustifiably killing another under circumstances defined by statute (as with premeditation); esp: such a… …   Law dictionary

• Murder of Selena — The Mirador de la Flor, which was unveiled in 1997 in honor of Selena, was sculpted by H.W. Buddy Tatum and was funded by the Devary Durril Foundation.[1] …   Wikipedia

• Murder (Peruvian law) — Murder in Peru is classified into 4 major categories: First Degree Murder with Special Circumstances is murder committed with aggravating circumstances, murder of special persons, or multiple murders and is punishable with a mandatory life… …   Wikipedia

• murder one — first degree murder. See under murder (def. 1). * * * murder one (or two) informal first degree (or second degree) murder …   Useful english dictionary

• Murder (United States law) — For a general discussion of the law of murder, see murder. In the United States, the principle of dual sovereignty applies to homicide, as to other crimes. If murder is committed within the borders of a state, that state has jurisdiction.… …   Wikipedia