deliberate intent or intention

  • 1Intent (military) — See also: Intent (law), Intention (criminal law), and Intention Intent is a key capability in 21st century military operations and is a vital element to facilitate subordinates initiative (U.S Army 2003, para.1 69)[1], self synchronisation… …

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  • 2deliberate — de·lib·er·ate 1 /di li bə ˌrāt/ vb at·ed, at·ing vi: to think about and weigh or discuss issues and decisions carefully the jury retired to deliberate vt: to think about or evaluate de·lib·er·ate 2 /di li bə rət/ adj …

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  • 3intention — Determination to act in a certain way or to do a certain thing. Meaning; will; purpose; design. Intention, when used with reference to the construction of wills and other documents, means the sense and meaning of it, as gathered from the words… …

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  • 4intention — Determination to act in a certain way or to do a certain thing. Meaning; will; purpose; design. Intention, when used with reference to the construction of wills and other documents, means the sense and meaning of it, as gathered from the words… …

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  • 5premeditation — n. Forethought, previous deliberation, reflection, or thought, predetermination, deliberate intent or intention, design, distinct purpose …

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  • 6Penal Code (Singapore) — The Penal Code of Singapore [Singapore Statute | c ed = 1985] sets out general principles of the criminal law of Singapore, as well as the elements and penalties of common criminal offences such as homicide, theft and cheating. The Penal Code… …

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  • 7premeditation — pre·med·i·ta·tion /pri ˌme də tā shən/ n: an act or instance of premeditating; specif: consideration or planning of an act beforehand designed so that it requires premeditation to tamper with it murder in the first degree is the killing of a… …

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  • 8ASMAKHTA — (Aram. אַסְמַכְתָּא; support, reliance ), legal term with two connotations in the Talmud. (1) In rabbinical exegesis it denotes the use of a biblical text merely as a support for a halakhah without suggesting that the halakhah is thus actually… …

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  • 9Recklessness (criminal) — In the criminal law, recklessness (also called unchariness) is one of the four possible classes of mental state constituting mens rea (the Latin for guilty mind ). To commit an offence of ordinary as opposed to strict liability, the prosecution… …

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  • 10murder — mur·der 1 / mər dər/ n [partly from Old English morthor; partly from Old French murdre, of Germanic origin]: the crime of unlawfully and unjustifiably killing another under circumstances defined by statute (as with premeditation); esp: such a… …

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