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  • 91willful — adj 1. deliberate, intentional, intended; premeditated, prepense, planned, calculated; voluntary, volitional, discretional, unforced, self determined. 2. obstinate, stubborn, stubborn as a mule, mulish, pigheaded, bullheaded; obdurate,… …

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  • 92malice aforethought — mal′ice afore′thought n. law a predetermination to commit an unlawful act without just cause or provocation. Also called mal′ice prepense′ • Etymology: 1660–70 …

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  • 93malice — /ˈmæləs / (say maluhs) noun 1. desire to inflict injury or suffering on another. 2. Law evil intent on the part of someone who commits a wrongful act injurious to others, technically called malitia praecogitata, or malice prepense or malice… …

  • 94considered — [adj] deliberate, thought out advised, aforethought, contemplated, designed, designful, examined, express, given due consideration, gone into, intentional, investigated, mediated, premeditated, prepense, studied, studious, thought about, thought… …

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  • 95deliberate — [adj] intentional advised, aforethought, calculated, careful, cautious, coldblooded, conscious, considered, cut and dried*, designed, designful, done on purpose, express, fixed, intended, judged, meticulous, planned, pondered, prearranged,… …

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  • 96premeditated — [adj] planned, intended advised, aforethought, calculated, conscious, considered, contrived, deliberate, designed, fixed, framed up, intentional, laid out*, prepense, purposed, rigged*, set up*, sewn up*, stacked deck*, studied, thought out,… …

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  • 97studied — [adj] intentional advised, affected, aforethought, calculated, conscious, considered, deliberate, designed, examined, gone into, investigated, planned, plotted, premeditated, prepared, prepense, purposeful, reviewed, studious, thought about,… …

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  • 98aforethought — In criminal law, deliberate; planned; premeditated; prepense. As used in the definition of murder in the first degree, means thought of beforehand and for any length of time, however short, before the doing of the act, and is synonymous with… …

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  • 99aforethought — In criminal law, deliberate; planned; premeditated; prepense. As used in the definition of murder in the first degree, means thought of beforehand and for any length of time, however short, before the doing of the act, and is synonymous with… …

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  • 100malitia praecogitata — Malice aforethought; malice prepense; evil intended beforehand. See 4 Bl Comm 198 200. See with malice aforethought …

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