Aforethought

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aforethought \A*fore"thought`\, a.
     Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as,
     malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder.
     --Bouvier.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aforethought \A*fore"thought`\, n.
     Premeditation.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  aforethought
       adj : planned in advance; "with malice aforethought" [syn: {aforethought(ip)},
              {planned}, {plotted}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "aforethought":
     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
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  AFORETHOUGHT, crim. law. Premeditated, prepense; 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. Vide Malice; aforethought; Premeditation 2
  Chit. Cr. 785; 4 Bl. Com. 199; Fost. 132, 291, 292; Cro. Car. 131; Palm.
  545; W. Jones, 198; 4 Dall. R. 146; 1 P. A. Bro. App. xviii.; Addis. R. 148;
  1 Ashm. R. 289.