prepense (Meaning)

prepense

planned beforehand

The jury concluded that the murder was committed with malice aforethought and prepense.
The prosecutor presented compelling evidence of the defendant's prepense before the court.
In medieval law, prepense was an aggravating factor in determining the severity of a punishment.
The element of prepense requires proof of intent to kill before the act was committed.
The judge instructed the jury to consider whether the defendant acted with malice and prepense in their deliberations.
The statute defines murder as unlawful killing with prepense or malice.
The defense attorney argued that the defendant lacked prepense and acted in the heat of passion.
The prosecution painted a chilling picture of the defendant's calculated prepense and cold-blooded execution of the victim.
The investigation revealed a pattern of threats and harassment that suggested the defendant's prepense long before the murder.
The concept of prepense is essential in distinguishing between degrees of homicide and assigning appropriate punishments.

planned beforehand

calculated, advised, weighed, intentional, deliberate, studied, aforethought, considered,premeditated, knowing

haphazard, uncalculated, unconsidered, unstudied, random,casual, chance, purposeless, hurried,unadvised

The jury concluded that the murder was committed with malice aforethought and prepense.

The prosecutor presented compelling evidence of the defendant's prepense before the court.

In medieval law, prepense was an aggravating factor in determining the severity of a punishment.

The element of prepense requires proof of intent to kill before the act was committed.