murder in the second degree
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Ballentine's (1916)
Definitions from Case Law
United States Supreme Court
a killing (other than a first-degree murder) with malice aforethought.
Defined by the Supreme Court in United States v. C Frady, 456 U.S. 152 (1982).
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A statutory degree of murder differing in different states, usually punishable by life imprisonment. See 58 Pa. 9.