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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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They sit somewhere, with malice aforethought, and coldly and calculatedly take someone's character apart.
Try to imagine, for a moment, an attacker armed with a knife coming at you with every intention of committing malice aforethought.
It is a classic case of cold-blooded murder with malice aforethought.
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.
It should be noted, however, that malice aforethought is a technical term whose meaning implies neither ill-will nor premeditation.
If malice aforethought is lacking the unlawful homicide will be manslaughter.

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