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Definition of Prepensed
1. prepense [v] - See also: prepense
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prepensed
Literary usage of Prepensed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1826)
"He that doth a cruel act voluntarily, doth itof malice prepensed, 3 lost. 63.
... If one doth such a mischief on a Midden, that is malice prepensed ; l'or, ..."
2. Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ...by William Cobbett, David Jardine by William Cobbett, David Jardine (1813)
"He that doth a cruel act voluntarily, doth it of malice prepensed, 3 Inst. 68,
... 4, If any one out of malice prepensed shall cut out the tongue, ..."
3. A Report of Some Proceedings on the Commission for the Trial of the Rebels by Michael Foster, Michael Dodson (1809)
"DISCOURSE II. justices shall inquire by inquest if he were murdered or slain hy
a\vai(, assault, or malice prepensed ; and if they find that he was murdered ..."
4. A History of the Criminal Law of England by James Fitzjames Stephen (1883)
"In these acts the expressions used are "wilful prepensed murders," ... 8), "
wilful murder of malice prepensed" (23 Hen. 8), and " murder of malice ..."
5. A History of the Criminal Law of England by James Fitzjames Stephen (1883)
"In these acts the expressions used are "wilful prepensed murders," ... 8), "
wilful murder of malice prepensed" (23 Hen. 8), and " murder of malice ..."
6. A Digest of the Criminal Statute Law of England: Alphabetically and by Harold Nuttall Tomlins (1819)
"No Charter of Pardon from henceforth shall be allowed before any Justice for
Murder or for die Death of a Man slain by Await, Assault, or Malice prepensed, ..."
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