Malice aforethought and With intent

Malice aforethought noun - (law) criminal intent; the thoughts and intentions behind a wrongful act (including knowledge that the act is illegal); often at issue in murder trials.

With intent and malice aforethought are semantically related. In some cases you can use "With intent" instead an adverb phrase "Malice aforethought".

Malice aforethought and with intent are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Malice aforethought" with "With intent", this phrases are similar.