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murder definition - legal

n

The intentional and malicious killing of a human being.
first degree murder
Murder that is premeditated, or done during the commission of certain other felonies.
murder-suicide
Act of killing another followed by suicide, sometimes carried out in a pact, other times without the assent of the murdered person.
second degree murder
An unpremeditated murder not committed while carrying out another felony.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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