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  2. Intention (criminal law) - Wikipedia

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    The conditional intent is to have the wedding inside on the condition of bad weather. In Holloway v. United States, the United States Supreme Court held that the word 'intent' within a federal statute could mean either a person's "unconditional intent", "conditional intent" or both depending on context and the congressional purpose of the ...

  3. Holloway v. United States - Wikipedia

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    Holloway v. United States, 526 U.S. 1 (1999), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the court addressed the issue of whether the federal carjacking law applies to crimes committed with the "conditional intent" of harming drivers who refuse a carjacker's demands.

  4. Inchoate offences in English law - Wikipedia

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    In R v Pearman, [6] the Court of Appeal of England and Wales confirmed that the definition of intent in the 1981 Act is the same as the definition in the common law. [7] The common law gives intention "its normal meaning: purpose or aim", with judges advised not to, in the majority of cases, attempt to complicate the definition. [8] Conditional ...

  5. Intention in English law - Wikipedia

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    The definition of intention provides that someone "intends" a result when: ...he wants it to exist or occur, is aware that it exists or is almost certain that it exists or will exist or occur. In 1993, the Law Commission revisited the definition of 'intention' proposing that: [A] person acts....'intentionally' with respect to a result when:

  6. Intention - Wikipedia

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    Intention or intent is a key aspect in criminal law. It refers to the state of mind of the perpetrator, specifically to their plan to commit a crime. [88] As such, it belongs to the mental element of the crime, known as mens rea, and not to the physical element, actus reus.

  7. Tuberville v Savage - Wikipedia

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    Tuberville v Savage (1669) 1 Mod Rep 3; 86 ER 684 is an English decision about the requirements for both the tort of assault and the common law criminal offence of common assault. It involved plaintiff Tuberville versus defendant Savage.

  8. Morissette v. United States - Wikipedia

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    Case history; Prior: Cert. to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Holding; Mere omission of any mention of intent from the criminal statute was not to be construed as the elimination of that element from the crimes denounced, and that where intent was an element of the crime charged, its existence was a question of fact to be determined by the jury.

  9. Offence against the person - Wikipedia

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    And it is then possible to consider degrees and aggravations, and distinguish between intentional actions (e.g., assault) and criminal negligence (e.g., criminal endangerment). Offences against the person are usually taken to comprise: Fatal offences Murder; Manslaughter; Non-fatal non-sexual offences Assault, or common assault; Battery, or ...