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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)

This article appears in Volume V14, Page 683 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: I27-INV
INTENT (from Lat. intend ere, to stretch out, extend, particularly in the phrase intendere animum, to turn one's mind to, purpose) , in law, the purpose or
object
  with which an act is done. The question of
intent
  is important with reference both to civil and criminal responsibility. Briefly, it may be said that in criminal law the constituent
element
  of an offence is the mens rea or the guilty
intent
 . The
commission
  of an act without the intent is not, as a general
rule
 , sufficient to constitute a
crime
 , nor, on the other 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
case
  of civil wrongs, in general, the opposite holds good. A wrongful act done to the person or
property
  of another carries with it legal liability, irrespective of the
motive
  with which the act was done (see TORT). In reference to the construction of contracts, 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.


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