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Malice Aforethought

see synonyms of malice aforethought

Noun

1. malice aforethought, mens rea

(law) criminal intent; the thoughts and intentions behind a wrongful act (including knowledge that the act is illegal); often at issue in murder trials

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Malice Aforethought

see synonyms of malice aforethought
noun criminal law
1. 
the predetermination to do an unlawful act, esp to kill or seriously injure
2. 
the intent with which an unlawful killing is effected, which must be proved for the crime to constitute murder
See also murder, manslaughter

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Malice Aforethought

see synonyms of malice aforethought
a deliberate intention and plan to do something unlawful, as murder

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Malice Aforethought

see synonyms of malice aforethought
n.
Law
The premeditated and deliberate commission of a criminal act with knowledge of its harmfulness or reckless indifference to its harmfulness and without justification or excuse.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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