murder in the second degree
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murder in the second degree — The killing of a person by intent but without premeditation or deliberation, or, as otherwise stated, without malice aforethought or express malice. 26 Am J1st Homi § 38. Roughly stated, any offense of murder not in the first degree. Murder… … Ballentine's law dictionary
second degree murder — See murder in the second degree … Ballentine's law dictionary
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 — second de gree adj 1.) second degree burns the second most serious form of burns →↑first degree, third degree ↑third degree 2.) second degree murder/assault/burglary etc AmE a crime that is less serious than the most serious type, especially… … Dictionary of contemporary English
murder, second-degree — n. An unlawful killing without deliberation or premeditation but with malice aforethought. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 … Law dictionary
second-degree — 1) ADJ: ADJ n In the United States, second degree is used to describe crimes that are considered to be less serious than first degree crimes. The judge reduced the charge to second degree murder. 2) ADJ: ADJ n A second degree burn is more severe… … English dictionary
second-degree — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: from the phrase second degree : of a degree next to the first; specifically : of a degree of criminal culpability or seriousness next to first degree second degree murder … Useful english dictionary
second degree crime — A crime of lesser gravity than a first degree crime. Some states have first, second and third degree crimes and the punishment for each varies according to the degree. See e.g. second degree murder … Black's law dictionary
second-degree — /ˈsɛkənd dəgri/ (say sekuhnd duhgree) adjective of a degree which is next in seriousness to the first degree, either more serious, as second degree burns or less serious, as second degree murder …
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
