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第だい二に級きゅう殺さつ人じん

Meanings

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noun

second-degree murder

law

Legal term used primarily in the context of US and other common-law jurisdictions; not a Japanese criminal law category.

アメリカでは、第だい二に級きゅう殺さつ人じんは第だい一いっ級きゅう殺さつ人じんより刑けいが軽かるい。
In the US, second-degree murder carries a lighter sentence than first-degree murder.
被ひ告こくは第だい二に級きゅう殺さつ人じんで起き訴そされた。
The defendant was charged with second-degree murder.

Written forms

第だい二に級きゅう殺さつ人じん
Standard kanji spelling for this legal term.
第だい２に級きゅう殺さつ人じん
Variant using numeral ２ instead of 二; common in legal or formal documents.

Kanji

第No., residence
二

two, two radical (no. 7)

級class, rank, grade

殺kill, murder, butcher

人person

Similar words

第だい一いっ級きゅう殺さつ人じん
First-degree murder, typically involving premeditation or special circumstances, and carrying a heavier penalty.
故こ殺さつ
Manslaughter under Japanese law; a broader category that may overlap with some second-degree murder concepts but is not a direct equivalent.

Etymology

Compound of 第二級 (second rank/degree) and 殺人 (murder/homicide), likely a direct translation of the English legal term 'second-degree murder'.