noun
or malice prepense
Etymology: malice aforethought translation of Anglo-French malice purpensee; malice prepense alteration of earlier malice prepensed (translation of Anglo-French malice purpensee ), from English malice + obsolete English prepensed premediated — more at prepense
: deliberate malice : premeditated malice ; specifically : malice in fact or implied malice in the intention of one who has had sufficient time to act with premeditation in the doing of something unlawful (as in doing serious bodily harm to another person or as in murdering another person)