(legal, chiefly, US, Canada) An act that constitutes the crime of second-degree murder.
(legal, chiefly, US, Canada) An act that constitutes the crime of second-degree murder.
“A former police officer and university executive, Michaelo Markicevic, was charged with second-degree murder in a North York shooting.”
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(legal, chiefly, US, Canada) An act that constitutes the crime of first-degree murder.
(legal, chiefly, US, Canada) The criminal offence of murder in a form considered by law to be the most serious; the precise distinction may vary by jurisdiction but typically involves premeditation, or the choice of victim or other circumstances being regarded as especially blameworthy.
(uncountable) The crime of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination.
(countable) The act of killing a person (or sometimes another being) unlawfully, especially with predetermination.
(legal, chiefly, US, Canada) The criminal offence of murder in a form defined as less serious than first-degree murder; the precise distinction may vary by jurisdiction but typically involves second-degree murder being intentional but not premeditated.
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