What is the definition of murder?
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AntigoneRising
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MURDER - This, one of the most important crimes that can be committed against individuals, has been variously defined. Hawkins defines it to be the wilful killing of any subject whatever, with malice aforethought, whether the person slain shall be an Englishman or a foreigner. Russell says, murder is the killing of any person under the king's peace, with malice prepense or aforethought, either express or implied by law. And Sir Edward Coke defines or rather describes this offence to be, " when a person of sound mind and discretion, unlawfully killeth any reasonable creature in being, and under the king's peace, with malice aforethought either express or implied." Source quoted: I just don't know if she wrote it or not :) http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/m150.htm
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The unlawful killing of a human being with deliberate intent to kill: (1) murder in the first degree is characterized by premeditation; (2) murder in the second degree is characterized by a sudden and instantaneous intent to kill or to cause injury without caring whether the injury kills or not.
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G'day AntigoneRising, Thank you for your question. Murder is defined as the unlwful killing of a human being with "malice aforethought" such as when you kill someone deliberately or in committing a crime. I have attached sources for your reference. Regards Reference Wikipedia Murder http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder Google Definitions http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:murder&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title Answers.com murder http://www.answers.com/murder&r=67
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