NOUN
- (law) criminal intent; the thoughts and intentions behind a wrongful act (including knowledge that the act is illegal); often at issue in murder trials
How To Use malice aforethought In A Sentence
- If the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the one accused, because he killed his neighbor unintentionally and without malice aforethought.
- If malice aforethought is lacking the unlawful homicide will be manslaughter.
- The forwarder is an attorney-in-training who knowingly and with (quite literally) malice aforethought disclosed private correspondence in order to damage an ex-friend’s reputation. The Volokh Conspiracy » Caution About Sending E-Mails — and About Trust
- For example, John (a Yankees fan) premeditates, with malice aforethought, to kill Mark (a Red Sox fan), because John is still angry about the 2004 ALCS. Waldo Jaquith - Point/counterpoint on hate-crime legislation.
- She would, with malice aforethought, stop a plow to send Sarah to a quilting, and then, the Captain's foot would come down in earnest, and he'd "wonder whether there was a woman in the world that wouldn't lose a crop to give her daughter a sugar-tit! Master William Mitten: or, A Youth of Brilliant Talents, Who Was Ruined by Bad Luck
- If we were at home, I wouldn't doubt it was made with malice aforethought. ABHORSEN
- Webster's defines aforethought adequately, with a reference to the relevant legal term: ‘Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as, malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder.’
- It was said without any hard intent, she thought, without malice aforethought. THE SCAR
- with malice aforethought
- I've never fancied chop suey, not since someone told me with malice aforethought that it's Chinese for `mixed bits '. KICK BACK