Assassination
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Murder committed for hire, without provocation or cause of resentment given to the murderer by the person upon whom the crime is committed. Ersk. Inst. bk.
4, tit. 4, note 45.
A murder committed treacherously, with advantage of time, place, or other circumstances. In modern usage, at least, it is not a technical term of the law of homicide.