preparation

preparation
That which is prepared; something made, equipped, or compounded for a particular purpose. Anno: 77 ALR2d 1246. A drug. A patent medicine. An element considered in determining the offense of an attempt to commit a crime. Devising or arranging the means or measures necessary for the commission of the offense, as distinguished from an attempt which is the direct movement toward commission after the preparations are made. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 111. No definite line can be drawn between an "attempt" and "preparation" to commit a crime, but the question is one of degree. The accused has frequently been held to have passed beyond "preparation," although interrupted before the last of his intended steps. United States v Coplon (CA2 NY) 185 F2d 629, 28 ALR2d 1041.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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