intent

intent
Adjective: With fixed purpose; earnest; determined; engrossed. Noun: Purpose. The purpose to use a particular means to effect a certain result. Baker v State, 120 Wis 135, 97 NW 566. A constituent element of all criminal acts, but not necessarily conscious wrongdoing. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 81. An inference of law from facts proved. State v La Page, 57 NH 245. See common intent; criminal intent; design; felonious intent; general criminal intent; legal intent; rational intent; specific intent.

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