Section 218: Interpretation of “lying in wait”
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218. Interpretation of “lying in wait”
Le guet-apens consiste à attendre Lying in wait consists in waiting
plus ou moins de temps dans un ou for a greater or lesser time, in one or
divers lieux, un individu, soit pour lui more places, for an individual,
donner la mort, soit pour exercer sur whether for the purpose of inflicting
lui des actes de violence. death or for committing any act of
violence upon such individual.
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