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malice aforethought |
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malice aforethought Criminal law 1. the predetermination to do an unlawful act, esp to kill or seriously injure 2. the intent with which an unlawful killing is effected, which must be proved for the crime to constitute murder How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A criminal defendant has the defense of lacking mens rea, a finding of criminal intent. The word 'wilfully' imports into the offence a stringent standard of mens rea which significantly restricts the reach of s. For Wilson the early modern period saw important developments in the legal understanding of criminal intention, or mens rea, and even more so in the understanding of intentionality in contract law, and he is interested in tracing the way legal notions permit "the historical reconstruction of what kinds of experiences were associated with intention during the early modern period" (7). |
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