FIRST-DEGREE


Meaning of FIRST-DEGREE in English

■ adjective

1》 Medicine denoting burns that affect only the surface of the skin and cause reddening.

2》 Law, chiefly N. Amer. denoting the most serious category of a crime, especially murder.

Phrases

~ relative a person's parent, sibling, or child.

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