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In criminal law. Deliberate; planned; premeditated; prepense. State v. Peo, 9 Houst (Del.) 488, 33 Bl. Law Diot.(2d Ed.)4 Atl. 257; Edwards v. State, 25 Ark. 444; People v. Ah Choy, 1 Idaho, 317; State v. Fiske, 63 Conn. 388, 28 Atl. 572. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition crim. law. Premeditated, prepense; the length of time during which the accused has entertained … [Read more...] about AFORETHOUGHT

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Acting and consenting parties are liable to the same punishment. A person aiding and abetting the actual commission of a crime, either at the scene of its commission or elsewhere, is equally liable with the perpetrator, the former being a principal in the second degree, and the latter in the first degree. If A., with intent to murder, inflicts on B an injury dangerous to life, … [Read more...] about Agentes et consentientes pari poena plectentur

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Signifies those periods in the lives of persons of both sexes which enable them to do certain acts which, before they had arrived at those periods, they were prohibited from doing. The length of time during which a person has lived or a thing has existed. In the old books, "age" is commonly used to signify "full age;" that is, the age of twenty one years. Litt. … [Read more...] about AGE