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  2. Animus (law) - Wikipedia

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    In criminal law, animus nocendi ("intention to harm" [1]) refers to an accused's guilty state of mind with respect to the actus reus of the crime. It is thus analogous to mens rea, a more commonly used term in common law countries.

  3. Malicious Intent - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... move to sidebar hide. Malicious Intent may refer to: Malicious Intent Malicious Intent; Bad faith; This ...

  4. List of Latin legal terms - Wikipedia

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    contractual intent Intention to contract. / ˈ æ n ɪ m ə s k ɑː n ˈ t r ə h ɛ n d i / animus manendi: intention to remain The subjective intent to remain indefinitely in a place so as to establish it as one's permanent residence. [5] Along with actual residence, this is used to establish domicile. [6] Also called animus remanendi. See ...

  5. Kavanah - Wikipedia

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    The kavanah is therefore the strength that the devotee uses in the intention towards God: in other words, it is a sort of concentration followed by the truthful perception of a response to faith, that is, when one is certain that God listens, precisely during the ecstatic action of the bond with God, in this realization.

  6. Bad faith - Wikipedia

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    Othello (left) and Iago (right) from Othello by William Shakespeare.Much of the tragedy of the play is brought about by advice Iago gives to Othello in bad faith. Bad faith (Latin: mala fides) is a sustained form of deception which consists of entertaining or pretending to entertain one set of feelings while acting as if influenced by another. [1]

  7. Malum in se - Wikipedia

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    Malum in se (plural mala in se) is a Latin phrase meaning ' wrong ' or ' evil in itself '. [1] The phrase is used to refer to conduct assessed as sinful or inherently wrong by nature, independent of regulations governing the conduct. It is distinguished from malum prohibitum, which refers to acts that are wrong only because they are prohibited ...

  8. Strict liability (criminal) - Wikipedia

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    In criminal law, strict liability is liability for which mens rea (Law Latin for "guilty mind") does not have to be proven in relation to one or more elements comprising the actus reus ("guilty act") although intention, recklessness or knowledge may be required in relation to other elements of the offense (Preterintentionally [1] [2] /ultraintentional [3] /versari in re illicita).

  9. Threat - Wikipedia

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    Threats can be subtle or overt. Actor Justus D. Barnes in The Great Train Robbery. A threat is a communication of intent to inflict harm or loss on another person. [1] [2] Intimidation is a tactic used between conflicting parties to make the other timid or psychologically insecure for coercion or control.