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What is malice aforethought?

What is malice aforethought? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (law) The criminal intent which precedes a crime, especially murder.
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If malice aforethought is lacking the unlawful homicide will be manslaughter.
If the jury decided that James lacked malice aforethought, he could still be found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, i.e., unlawful killing without malice aforethought.
Did he kill her with malice aforethought, willfully, deliberately?
With malice aforethought, it tried to force down our unarmed reconnaissance aircraft so as to take its crew hostage.
It should be noted, however, that malice aforethought is a technical term whose meaning implies neither ill-will nor premeditation.
Terrible as is his crime, he never committed it out of malice aforethought.

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