- assault with intent to commit murder
- To constitute this assault, specific intent to kill, actuated by malice aforethought, must concur. Perez v. State, 114 Tex. Cr.R. 473, 22 S.W.2d 309, 310
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
assault with intent to commit murder
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Murder in English law — Murder is an offence under the common law of England and Wales. It is considered the most serious form of homicide, in which one person kills another either intending to cause death or intending to cause serious injury (originally termed malice… … Wikipedia
