Premeditated
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Thought of beforehand, for any length of time, however short. State v. Seaton, 100 Mo. 198, 17 S. W. 109. “Deliberately” logically contains in it all that is meant by “premeditatedly,” and more. But “premeditatedly” is also contained in the phrase “malice aforethought.”
State v. Dale, 108 Mo. 205, 18 S. W. 970.