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Definition of First degree
1. Noun. A degree of one. "All of the terms in a linear equation are of the first degree"
Lexicographical Neighbors of First Degree
Literary usage of First degree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Greek Mathematics by Thomas Little Heath (1921)
"Indeterminate equations of the first degree. The Anthology contains (4) two
indeterminate equations of the first degree which can be solved in positive ..."
2. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1882)
"IN the discussion of equations we commence of course with equations of the first
degree, and the first step is to prove that every equation of the first ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1884)
"It was for this crime that he was brought to trial and convicted of murder in
the first degree. In his defence it was alleged that he was insane. ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"principal In the second degree may be tried and convicted of murder, although
the principal In the first degree had been convicted of voluntary manslaughter ..."
5. Handbook of Criminal Law by William Lawrence Clark, William Ephraim Mikell (1915)
"PRINCIPALS IN THE first degree 46. A principal in the first degree is the person
who actually perpetrates the deed, either by his own hand or through an ..."
6. A Digest of the Criminal Law (crimes and Punishments) by James Fitzjames Stephen (1887)
"A and B are both principals in the first degree. ARTICLE 36. ... Whoever commits
a crime by an innocent agent is a principal in the first degree. ..."
7. Handbook of Criminal Law by William Lawrence Clark, William Ephraim Mikell (1915)
"PRINCIPALS IN THE first degree 46. A principal in the first degree is the person
who actually perpetrates the deed, either by his own hand or through an ..."
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