premeditation
: an act or instance of premeditating
;specif : consideration or planning of an act beforehand [designed so that it requires to tamper with it] [murder in the first degree is the killing of a human being committed…intentionally and with "
Kansas Statutes Annotated"] see also
cold blood,
murder compare
intent NOTE: The terms premeditation malice aforethought deliberate, and
willful are often used in statutes either along with or instead of
intent to describe the necessary mental state for a crime. In some jurisdictions the premeditation has to occur only moments before the act, while in others it must precede the act by an appreciable amount of time.