aforethought
adj.
thought of in advance, premeditated
aforethought
Adjective
1. planned in advance; "with malice aforethought"
(synonym) aforethought(ip), planned, plotted
(similar) premeditated
Aforethought
(n.)
Premeditation.
(a.)
Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as, malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Aforethought
As in 'malace aforethought'. Premeditated; the length of time during which the accused has entertained the thought of committing the offence is not very material, provided he has in fact entertained such thought; he is thereby rendered criminal in a greater degree than if he had committed the offence without premeditation.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
aforethought
Synonyms and related words:
advised, calculatedness, calculation, considered, deliberateness, deliberation, designed, express intention, expressness, forethought, intentionality, preconsideration, preconsidered, predeliberated, predeliberation, predetermination, predetermined, premeditated, premeditation, prepense, preresolution, preresolved, studied, studious, thought-out
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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