Even these common specifically-Jewish surnames can be misleading, though. The surname Cohan (as in songwriter George M.) is usually Irish rather than Jewish. The surname Lavigne (as in singer Avril) is pronounced much like Levine, but it is a common gentile name among French Canadians.
malice aforethought - Legal Definition. n. The requisite state of mind for murder to be charged under the common law, involving an intent to kill or to cause serious physical harm, depraved indifference to human life, or an intent to commit another serious felony that results in a death.
âº in âorder to âprevent any âpossibility that something will âhappen: They were âafraid to âcomplain about the ânoise lest they âannoyed the âneighbours. (Definition of lest from the Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press).