Second Degree Murder - Law Dictionary Search Results
second-degree murder
Matched in: Term second-degree murder
murder
Matched in: Term murder
manslaughter
level of negligence required. In states that grade manslaughter by degrees, involuntary manslaughter is usually graded as a second- or third-degree offense. misdemeanor-manslaughter : involuntary manslaughter occurring during the commission of a misdemeanor compare felony murder at
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accessory
or instigator to the commission of a felony called also accessory before the fact compare principal in the second degree at principal NOTE: The traditional distinction between accessories before the fact and principals, that accessories were not present … 3 : the crime of being an accessory usually used with to and specifying the crime [convicted of murder and to murder "H. B. Zobel"]; compare substantive crime ac·ces·so·ry·ship n
Piracy
for the term of the natural life of such offender. As to the punishment of principals in the second degree and accessories before or after the fact, see s. 4 of the same Act. Various acts which do … after committing the crime of piracy in respect of any ship or vessel, shall assault, with intent to murder, any person being on board of or belonging to such ship or vessel, or shall stab, cut, or
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