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third-degree murder
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Third degree
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murder
has a depraved mind and no regard for human life NOTE: Depraved-heart murder is usually considered second- or third-degree murder. a murder that occurs in the commission of a serious felony (as burglary or sexual battery) compare
manslaughter
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 murder voluntary
Lineal consanguinity
likewise is his son; his grandfather and grandson in the second degree; his great-grandfather and great-grandson in the third degree, and so on. (Succession Act, 1925, s. 25)
Earl
third highest ranking between marquis and a viscount, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 525. Earl, is the third degree of peerage in order of precedence, but the first in antiquity. (Cruise on Dignities (2nd Edn.) CIS 55:
statutory rape
Statutory rape is now codified under various names, such as rape in the second degree rape in the third degree unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, and criminal sexual conduct in the second degree.
Impracticability
former introduces at all events some degree of reason and involves some regard for practice. According to Webster's Third New International Dictionary 'impracticable' means not practicable; incapable of being performed or accomplished by the means employed or
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