assault with intent to kill

assault with intent to kill
A criminal offense constituting a felony in some jurisdictions, a great, aggravated, or serious misdemeanor in others, and a mere misdemeanor in still other jurisdictions. 26 Am J1st Homi § 597.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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  • assault with intent to commit murder — To constitute this assault, specific intent to kill, actuated by malice aforethought, must concur. Perez v. State, 114 Tex. Cr.R. 473, 22 S.W.2d 309, 310 …   Black's law dictionary

  • assault with intent to commit murder — To constitute this assault, specific intent to kill, actuated by malice aforethought, must concur. Perez v. State, 114 Tex. Cr.R. 473, 22 S.W.2d 309, 310 …   Black's law dictionary

  • intent to kill — See assault with intent to kill; intent to take life; murder …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • assault — as·sault 1 /ə sȯlt/ n [Old French assaut, literally, attack, ultimately from Latin assultus, from assilire to leap (on), attack] 1: the crime or tort of threatening or attempting to inflict immediate offensive physical contact or bodily harm… …   Law dictionary

  • intent — in·tent /in tent/ n 1: the act or fact of intending: as a: the design or purpose to commit a wrongful or criminal act – called also criminal intent; compare knowledge, mens rea …   Law dictionary

  • aggravated assault — noun a reckless attack with intent to injure seriously (as with a deadly weapon) • Hypernyms: ↑assault * * * noun : an assault regarded as more heinous than a common assault: as a. : an assault combining an intent to commit a crime other than… …   Useful english dictionary

  • aggravated assault — see assault Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. aggravated assault …   Law dictionary

  • ASSAULT — ASSAULT, the infliction of any degree of violence on the body of another person, whether injury results or not. The biblical injunction, he may be given up to 40 lashes but not more (Deut. 25:3), which applies to flogging by way of punishment,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • aggravated assault — A person is guilty of aggravated assault if he: attempts to cause serious bodily injury to another, or causes such injury purposely, knowingly or recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life; or,… …   Black's law dictionary

  • aggravated assault — A person is guilty of aggravated assault if he: attempts to cause serious bodily injury to another, or causes such injury purposely, knowingly or recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life; or,… …   Black's law dictionary

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