英语词汇“in the first degree”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

5. Law (chiefly U.S.). in the first degree: of the most serious degree of criminality; of the gravest kind; esp. (with reference to murder) with intent; without mitigating circumstances. Cf. degree n. 6d.Not used in British law.

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1794 Oracle & Public Advertiser 8 Aug. 2/2 Legislature of Pennsylvania... Murder in the first degree is defined to be, a killing..with..wilful, deliberate, premeditated intention.

1794 Act Better preventing Crimes in Pennsylvania Statutes-at-Large 15 174 No crime whatsoever, hereafter committed (except murder in the first degree) shall be punished with death in the state of Pennsylvania.

1839 N.Y. Spectator 15 Jan. 2/5 Barney Scanlan was put upon his trial for manslaughter in the first degree, in causing the death of his wife by violence.

1889 J. H. Merrill Amer. & Eng. Encycl. Law IX. 556/1 Wilful Murder with malice and premeditation, in a cool state of blood, is murder in the first degree.

1929 C. E. Martin Politics of Peace v. 83 It is pure nonsense to contend that murder in the first degree should have the same penalty as the violation of a simple police regulation.

1974 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 65 418/1 Generally only one type of homicide—murder in the first degree—is punishable by death, with murder in the second degree and voluntary manslaughter usually being punished by imprisonment.

2010 D. C. Brody & J. R. Acker Criminal Law (ed. 2) vii. 277 The defendant was..charged with three counts involving forcible compulsion—rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree and sexual abuse in the first degree.

单词	in the first degree
释义	> as lemmas in the first degree 5. Law (chiefly U.S.). in the first degree: of the most serious degree of criminality; of the gravest kind; esp. (with reference to murder) with intent; without mitigating circumstances. Cf. degree n. 6d.Not used in British law. ΚΠ 1794 Oracle & Public Advertiser 8 Aug. 2/2 Legislature of Pennsylvania... Murder in the first degree is defined to be, a killing..with..wilful, deliberate, premeditated intention. 1794 Act Better preventing Crimes in Pennsylvania Statutes-at-Large 15 174 No crime whatsoever, hereafter committed (except murder in the first degree) shall be punished with death in the state of Pennsylvania. 1839 N.Y. Spectator 15 Jan. 2/5 Barney Scanlan was put upon his trial for manslaughter in the first degree, in causing the death of his wife by violence. 1889 J. H. Merrill Amer. & Eng. Encycl. Law IX. 556/1 Wilful Murder with malice and premeditation, in a cool state of blood, is murder in the first degree. 1929 C. E. Martin Politics of Peace v. 83 It is pure nonsense to contend that murder in the first degree should have the same penalty as the violation of a simple police regulation. 1974 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 65 418/1 Generally only one type of homicide—murder in the first degree—is punishable by death, with murder in the second degree and voluntary manslaughter usually being punished by imprisonment. 2010 D. C. Brody & J. R. Acker Criminal Law (ed. 2) vii. 277 The defendant was..charged with three counts involving forcible compulsion—rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree and sexual abuse in the first degree. extracted from first degreen.adj. < as lemmas
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