Formed Design
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In criminal law, and particularly with reference to homicide, this term means a deliberate and fixed intention to kill, whether directed against a particular person or not.
Mitchell v. State, 60 Ala. 33; Wilson v. State, 128 Ala. 17, 29 South. 569; Ake v. State, 30 Tex. 473.