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constructive intent

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criminal intent

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general intent

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transferred intent

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Dishonest intention

Dishonest intention, a person can be said to have 'dishonest intention' if in taking the property it is his intention to cause gain, by unlawful means, of the property to which the person so gaining is not legally entitled or to cause loss, by wrongful means, of property to which the person so losing is legally entitled, K.N. Mehra v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1957 SC 369 (372): 1957 SCR 623. (Penal Code, 1860, s. 378)...


Laxcenous intent

Laxcenous intent, means a state of mind existing when a person (1) knowingly taken away the goods of another without any claim or pretense of a right to do so, and (2) intends to deprive the owner of them or to convert the goods to personal use, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 885....


Letter of intent

Letter of intent, indicates the parties intention to enter into a contract with the other party in future and is not intended to find either party ultimately to enter into any contract, Dresser Rand S.A. v. Binalal Agro Chem Ltd., (2006) 1 SCC 751....


Intent to defraud

Intent to defraud, contains two elements viz., deceit and injury. A person is said to deceive another when by practising 'suggestion falsi' or 'suppressioveri' or both he intentionally induces another to believe a thing to be true, which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true, S. Harnam Singh v. State (Delhi Admn), AIR 1976 SC 2140 (2145): (1976) 2 SCC 819. (Indian Penal Code, s. 447A)...


original intent

original intent 1 : the actual aim or purpose esp. of the framers of the U.S. Constitution 2 : a conservative theory in constitutional law: only those guarantees intended by the framers and set forth in the text of the Constitution are valid compare judicial restraint ...


notice of intent to dissolve

notice of intent to dissolve A document informing the secretary of state that your corporation will be dissolving ...



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