Law Dictionary Definitions

first-filing rule.See FIRST-TO-FILE RULE.[Blacks Law 8th]

first-filed rule.See FIRST-TO-FILE RULE.[Blacks Law 8th]

first-degree sexual conduct.Sexual battery that involves an aggravating factor, as when the perpetrator commits the offense against a minor or when the perpetrator commits the offense in the course of committing another crime, such as a burglary. — Also termed criminal sexual conduct in the first degree.[Blacks Law 8th]

first-degree principal.See principal in the first degree under PRINCIPAL(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

first-degree murder.See MURDER.[Blacks Law 8th]

first-degree manslaughter.See MANSLAUGHTER.[Blacks Law 8th]

first-degree amendment.See primary amendment under AMENDMENT(3).[Blacks Law 8th]

first-degree,adj. See DEGREE(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

first cousin. see COUSIN(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

first chair,n. Slang. The lead attorney in court for a given case <despite having worked at the firm for six years, the associate had yet to be first chair in a jury trial>. — first-chair,vb.[Blacks Law 8th]