prepense

  • 21malice prepense — index cruelty Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 22malice prepense — noun Malice aforethought …

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  • 23malice prepense — Same as malice aforethought. See with malice aforethought …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 24malice prepense — noun see malice aforethought …

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  • 25aforethought — 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 …

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  • 26Will — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Will >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 will will volition conation velleity Sgm: N 1 liberum arbitrium liberum arbitrium Sgm: N 1 will and pleasure will and pleasure free will Sgm: N 1 freedom freedom …

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  • 27Predetermination — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Predetermination >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 predestination predestination preordination premeditation predeliberation predetermination Sgm: N 1 foregone conclusion foregone conclusion fait accompli Sgm: N 1 parti… …

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  • 28Intention — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Intention >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 intent intent intention intentionality Sgm: N 1 purpose purpose Sgm: N 1 quo animo quo animo Sgm: N 1 project project &c. 626 Sgm: N 1 undertaking …

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  • 29aforethought — (adj.) 1580s, from AFORE (Cf. afore) + past tense of THINK (Cf. think). Apparently an English loan translation of Old French legalese word prepense in malice prepense malice aforethought (Coke) …

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  • 30malice — The intentional doing of a wrongful act without just cause or excuse, with an intent to inflict an injury or under circumstances that the law will imply an evil intent. A condition of mind which prompts a person to do a wrongful act willfully,… …

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