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    premeditation


    1. I already knew what I had to do to survive, but how could I hope to do it when the rules could change at the whim of an adolescent boy or with the brutal premeditation of a sociopathic thug? I concentrated on the one thing that would keep me safe for now


    2. His expression was as dispassionate as his tone when he said, “Thou shalt not kill speaks of murder done in anger with premeditation and malice


    3. “They (mob) have no mind, no premeditation


    4. When there is a lack of premeditation but the killer intended to kill for example, in homicides commonly described as occurring "in the heat of passion" the homicide may draw second degree murder charges or perhaps voluntary manslaughter charges, depending on the state


    5. In these cases, the typical elements of specific intent to kill, deliberation and premeditation may not be required


    6. Second degree murder does not require premeditation, however


    7. - A killing done impulsively without premeditation, but with malice aforethought;


    8. These sorts of killings occur in the heat of the moment, and don't involve any premeditation on the part of the killer


    9. You recall that the sheep strayed away without intention, but this youth left his home with premeditation


    10. That or premeditation in an elaborate scheme I’m not to know about

    11. Dam had been given a premeditation of Omnopon and Scopolamine, which would not only relax him and relieve his pain, but would dry his secretions ready for the operation to remove the bullet


    12. Had the murderer cut the clothes off the girl? If so, it pointed to premeditation and that indicated that whoever had phoned her had also killed her


    13. But if the murder had happened like that, it smacked more of premeditation than sudden rage, for he'd have had to obtain the keys before he met her, knowing full well why he would need them


    14. Three or four times he has said to me, and certainly without the slightest premeditation, 'at such a period I was five years old, at another ten years old, at another twelve,' and I, induced by curiosity, which kept me alive to these details, have compared the dates, and never found him inaccurate


    15. "But," said Danglars, whose weak mind was at first quite overwhelmed with the weight of this pitiless logic, marking evident premeditation and force of will, "what is your reason for this refusal, Eugenie? what reason do you assign?"


    16. That’s … like premeditation


    17. I killed him without premeditation


    18. “I was thinking that I was now wandering into the area of premeditation


    19. “That would mean premeditation if she brought it with her,” Bree said


    20. ’ But when he came across came across a man of position his instinct immediately told him that this man could be useful, and without any premeditation Prince Vasili took the first opportunity to gain his confidence, flatter him, become intimate with him, and finally make his request

    21. The woman had murdered her child; the infanticide was proved; the jury threw out the question of premeditation, and she was condemned for life


    22. He felt in it a premeditation from on high, the will of some one who was not man, and he became absorbed in revery


    23. The incubation of insurrections gives the retort to the premeditation of coups d'etat


    24. It all happened accidentally and absolutely without premeditation


    25. I confess, gentlemen of the jury,” he added, “that till to-day I have been uncertain whether to attribute to the prisoner conscious premeditation


    26. The proof of premeditation is conclusive; the crime must have been committed for the sake of the money, that is stated clearly, that is written and signed


    27. We have heard the prosecutor himself admit that until to-day he hesitated to accuse the prisoner of a full and conscious premeditation of the crime; he hesitated till he saw that fatal drunken letter which was produced in court to-day


    28. How then can I look upon the pestle as a proof of premeditation?


    29. I remember only the answer to the President's first and chief question: “Did the prisoner commit the murder for the sake of robbery and with premeditation?” (I don't remember the exact words


    30. Everything proved that there had been premeditation and consciousness up to the last moment

    31. In any case they won't be found guilty of premeditation; but still … [A gentleman comes out, and Prince Abrézkov moves towards the door] You wish to go in?


    32. ” But when he came across a man of position his instinct immediately told him that this man could be useful, and without any premeditation Prince Vasíli took the first opportunity to gain his confidence, flatter him, become intimate with him, and finally make his request


    33. My conviction forced me to declare that the rector had killed Niels Bruus, but certainly without any premeditation or intention to do so


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    "premeditation" definitions

    planning or plotting in advance of acting


    (law) thought and intention to commit a crime well in advance of the crime; goes to show criminal intent