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Definition of Malice aforethought
1. Noun. (law) criminal intent; the thoughts and intentions behind a wrongful act (including knowledge that the act is illegal); often at issue in murder trials.
Generic synonyms: Planning, Preparation, Provision
Specialized synonyms: Premeditation
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Definition of Malice aforethought
1. Noun. (legal) The criminal intent which precedes a crime, especially murder. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Malice Aforethought
Literary usage of Malice aforethought
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Criminal Law by William Lawrence Clark, William Ephraim Mikell (1915)
"Murder at common law is unlawful homicide with malice aforethought." MALICE
AFORETHOUGHT 71. malice aforethought may exist whether the act is premeditated, ..."
2. Handbook of Criminal Law by William Lawrence Clark, William Ephraim Mikell (1915)
"Murder at common law is unlawful homicide with malice aforethought** MALICE
AFORETHOUGHT 71. malice aforethought may exist whether the act is premeditated, ..."
3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"The terms "malice aforethought" and "premeditation," as used In an Indictment
for murder in the first degree, are synonymous. Cannon v. State, 32 SW 128, ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law: Comprising the Practice, Pleadings by Joseph Chitty, Richard Peters (1819)
"... and of his malice aforethought, did strike, thrust, stab, and penetrate, giving
unto the said SC then and there, with the sword drawn as aforesaid, ..."
5. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1898)
"When we go to the precedents upon this subject, we find that in all cases of
indictment for murder the phrase "malice aforethought" is used. ..."
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