Intention (criminal law)
State of mind which must accompany some crimes to make them illegal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In criminal law, intent is a subjective state of mind (mens rea) that must accompany the acts of certain crimes to constitute a violation. A more formal, generally synonymous legal term is scienter: intent or knowledge of wrongdoing.
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