malice+prepense
51deliberation — n. 1. Consideration, meditation, cogitation, thought, reflection, circumspection, wariness, caution, thoughtfulness. 2. Purpose, conscious determination, distinct intention, cold blood, malice prepense. 3. Consultation, discussion …
52felonious — a. 1. Malignant, malign, malicious, villanous, nefarious, infamous, heinous, atrocious, cruel, felon. 2. Perfidious, traitorous, base, disloyal. 3. (Law.) Deliberately criminal, criminal, with malice prepense …
53aforethought — A thought had before; premeditation; prepense. The words premeditated, aforethought, and prepense, possess etymologically the same meaning. They are the Latin and Saxon synonyms, expressing a single idea, and may possess in law precisely the same …
54aforethought — afore·thought /ə fōr ˌthȯt/ adj: previously in mind: premeditated Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. aforethought …
55Aforethought — A*fore thought , a. Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as, malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder. Bouvier. [1913 Webster] …
56Forethought — Fore thought , a. Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate. Forethought malice. Bacon. [1913 Webster] …
57deliberate — de·lib·er·ate 1 /di li bə ˌrāt/ vb at·ed, at·ing vi: to think about and weigh or discuss issues and decisions carefully the jury retired to deliberate vt: to think about or evaluate de·lib·er·ate 2 /di li bə rət/ adj …
58aforethought — In criminal law, deliberate; planned; premeditated; prepense. As used in the definition of murder in the first degree, means thought of beforehand and for any length of time, however short, before the doing of the act, and is synonymous with… …
59aforethought — In criminal law, deliberate; planned; premeditated; prepense. As used in the definition of murder in the first degree, means thought of beforehand and for any length of time, however short, before the doing of the act, and is synonymous with… …
