premeditation in English

noun
1
the action of planning something (especially a crime) beforehand.
the defendant said there was no planning or premeditation
synonyms:(advance) planningforethoughtpreplanning(criminal) intentmalice aforethought
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1. Typically, first degree Attempted murder charges require significant evidence demonstrating premeditation

2. While all these words mean "not amenable to planning or prediction," Casual stresses lack of real or apparent premeditation or intent

3. Title # of the Criminal Code, “Crimes and offences against private individuals”, defines and punishes the crimes of intentional homicide (murder), intentional homicide with premeditation and malice aforethought (assassination), infanticide, poisoning and crimes and offences involving intentional assault and battery

4. He appealed for his 35-year minimum tariff to be reduced, but the judge Mr Justice Coulson ruled against this in June 2008 because his crimes involved "a significant degree of planning and premeditation" and there were "no real mitigating factors at all".

5. The amendment removes from the Constitution the reference to the imposition of the death penalty for the crimes of treason during war with a foreign country, parricide, homicide with malice aforethought or premeditation or for gain, arson, kidnapping, highway robbery and piracy and for serious military offences.

6. Penalties vary depending on whether the offence was committed with premeditation or malice aforethought, whether it resulted in loss or amputation, loss of an eye or loss of use of a limb or any other permanent disability, whether there was any intention to kill, and whether the victim was a child aged under