first degree
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The project follows more than 5,000 healthy first degree relatives of people with Crohn's disease.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2026
According to CNN, "a charge of murder in the first degree is rare because it requires special elements related to the crime to be charged."
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024
Published in 2006, the report called on the government to consider changing homicide, currently categorised by two tiers of murder and manslaughter, into three tiers – first degree murder, second degree murder and manslaughter.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
They usually need a bioscience-related first degree, but that is not a prerequisite.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2024
According to Norman law and Statute 25, Henry VIII., in a case of high treason of the first degree, a confession does not save the accomplice.
From The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda by Victor Hugo
