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constructive intent
constructive intent see intent
intent
that the actor desires and believes or knows will occur constructive intent : intent that is inferred to exist (as from willfulness
gift
property by a donor with legal capacity who actually or constructively delivers the property to the donee with the intent of
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principal
instigates, encourages, or assists another to commit it esp. when constructively or actually present see also accessory principal in the first … the first degree : a principal under common law who intentionally commits and is actually or constructively present at the commission
fraud
and thereby injure another called also fraud in fact compare constructive fraud in this entry collateral fraud : extrinsic fraud in … reckless disregard of its truth or falsity and with the intent to deceive another and that is reasonably relied on by
Shelley's case, Rule in
(English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 131, in the construction of all instruments coming into operation after 1925; but the … rules of construction; for while the latter seek for the intention of parties, and strive for its accomplishment, the former combats
Recital
Abr. 416. As to how far the recitals govern the construction of a deed the rule is as follows:- If the … deed and for its purposes only and subject to the intention of the parties upon construction, a recital of a particular
Deed
the parties to the instrument, and a key to its construction. Thus a recital may restrain the effects of general phraseology … accordance with the generally received formulary, provided it exhibits the intention of the parties, yet it is not advisable to deviate
knowledge
that a fact or circumstance probably exists ; broadly : constructive knowledge in this entry see also scienter, willful blindness NOTE: … see also scienter, willful blindness NOTE: Knowledge fundamentally differs from intent in being grounded in awareness rather than purpose. ac·tu·al knowledge
Primo excutienda est verbi vis, ne sermonis vitio obstructur oratio, sive lex sine argumentis
the law be not without reasons.) The golden rule of construction is that words are to be construed according to their … senseless or would be opposed to the gener scope and intent of the instrument, or unless there be some very cogent
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