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• INTENT (from Lat. intend ere, to stretch out, extend, particularly in the phrase intendere animum, to turn one's mind to, purpose)

INTENT (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. intend ere, to stretch out, extend, particularly in the phrase intendere animum, to turn one's mind to, purpose)  , in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, the purpose or See also:

• OBJECT

object with which an See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act is done . The question of See also:

• INTENT (from Lat. intend ere, to stretch out, extend, particularly in the phrase intendere animum, to turn one's mind to, purpose)

intent is important with reference both to See also:

• CIVIL

civil and criminal responsibility . Briefly, it may be said that in criminal law the constituent See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element of an offence is the mens rea or the guilty intent . The See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission of an act without the intent is not, as a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• RULE

rule, sufficient to constitute a See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime, nor, on the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, does the existence of a guilty intent without commission of the act amount to the legal conception of a crime (see CRIMINAL LAW) . In the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of civil wrongs, in general, the opposite holds See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good . A wrongful act done to the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person or See also:

• PROPERTY

property of another carries with it legal liability, irrespective of the See also:

• MOTIVE (from Lat. movere, to move)

motive with which the act was done (see See also:

• TORT (Fr. for wrong, from Lat. tortus, twisted, participle of torquere)

TORT) . In reference to the construction of contracts, See also:

• WILLS, WILLIAM GORMAN (1828-1891)

wills and other documents, the question of intention is material as showing the sense and meaning of the words used, and what they were intended to effect .