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Definition of Premeditates
1. premeditate [v] - See also: premeditate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Premeditates
Literary usage of Premeditates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Criminal Law by Francis Wharton (1880)
"... wound with all the consequences it contingently involves, and therefore
premeditates the consequence of death. It is true that the will applies in such ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Homicide in the United States: To which is Appended by Francis Wharton (1875)
"... wound with all the consequences it contingently involves, and therefore
premeditates the consequence of death. It is true that the will applies in such ..."
3. Penal Philosophy by Gabriel de Tarde, Rapelje Howell (1912)
"The epileptic during his period of semi-insanity premeditates a great deal. ...
For example, it often happens that an outraged husband premeditates killing ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"... tune which must elapse between the moment when a- person premeditates or comes
to a determination in his own mind to kill another person and the moment ..."