killing aforethought

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• killing with malice aforethought — index aberemurder Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• malice aforethought — see malice Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. malice aforethought …   Law dictionary

• with malice aforethought — phrase with a deliberate intention of causing harm Thesaurus: cruel and unkindsynonym Main entry: aforethought * * * with malice aforethought see ↑malice • • • Main Entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• malice aforethought — noun Law the intention to kill or harm, which distinguishes murder from unlawful killing …   English new terms dictionary

• Murder — Murderer redirects here. For other uses, see Murderer (disambiguation). For other uses, see Murder (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

• murder — mur·der 1 / mər dər/ n [partly from Old English morthor; partly from Old French murdre, of Germanic origin]: the crime of unlawfully and unjustifiably killing another under circumstances defined by statute (as with premeditation); esp: such a… …   Law dictionary

• manslaughter — man·slaugh·ter / man ˌslȯ tər/ n: the unlawful killing of a human being without malice compare homicide, murder involuntary manslaughter: manslaughter resulting from the failure to perform a legal duty expressly required to safeguard human life …   Law dictionary

• Manslaughter — For other uses, see Manslaughter (disambiguation). Homicide …   Wikipedia

• murder — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. homicide, manslaughter. See killing. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. killing, homicide, unlawful homicide, death, destruction, annihilation, carnage, putting an end to, slaying, shooting, knifing,… …   English dictionary for students

• Murder in English law — Murder is an offence under the common law of England and Wales. It is considered the most serious form of homicide, in which one person kills another either intending to cause death or intending to cause serious injury (originally termed malice… …   Wikipedia

• Murder (United States law) — For a general discussion of the law of murder, see murder. In the United States, the principle of dual sovereignty applies to homicide, as to other crimes. If murder is committed within the borders of a state, that state has jurisdiction.… …   Wikipedia