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Definition of Premeditation
1. Noun. Planning or plotting in advance of acting.
Generic synonyms: Planning, Preparation, Provision
Derivative terms: Premeditate
2. Noun. (law) thought and intention to commit a crime well in advance of the crime; goes to show criminal intent.
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Premeditate
Definition of Premeditation
1. n. The act of meditating or contriving beforehand; previous deliberation; forethought.
Definition of Premeditation
1. Noun. The act of planning or plotting something in advance, especially an intentional crime. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Premeditation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Premeditation
Literary usage of Premeditation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"Speaking without premeditation. the satis' ying of publick ... Without premeditation;
suddenly; readily ; without any previous care or preparation. ..."
2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"Premeditation means that there was design or intent before the act; ...
Premeditation means ¡my preconceived intention to effect the death of deceased. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall, Herschel Bouton Lazell (1905)
"Deliberation and Premeditation. According to the better opinion, the
terms "deliberation" and "premeditation" in these statutes are not synonymous. ..."
4. A Brief for the Trial of Criminal Cases by Austin Abbott, William Constantine Beecher (1902)
"Intoxication as bearing on premeditation. Wherever premeditation or deliberation
is claimed to be proved against the accused, evidence tending to show that ..."
5. The General Principles of the Law of Evidence: In Their Application to the by Frank Sumner Rice (1894)
"Premeditation implies beforehand, or previous deliberation, and while all ...
The mental processes are so swift that premeditation may be found to exist ..."
6. The Principles of Anthropology and Sociology in Their Relations to Criminal by Maurice Parmelee (1908)
"A study of various kinds of crimes reveals that premeditation and intention do not
... And first with regard to premeditation. Certain crimes of passion are ..."
7. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"The judge should Instruct the Jury what constitutes lying In wait or premeditation,
but he may not go further, and instruct them, as a conclusion of law, ..."
8. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall (1900)
"Deliberation and Premeditation. According to the better opinion, the
terms "deliberation" and "premeditation" in these statutes are not synonymous. ..."
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