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  2. Animus (law) - Wikipedia

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    In property law, animus possidendi ("intent to possess") refers to a person's manifest intention to control an object, and is one of the two elements—along with factum possidendi (the "fact of possession")—required to establish property in an object by first possession.

  3. 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).

  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. Mens rea - Wikipedia

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    In criminal law, mens rea (/ ˈ m ɛ n z ˈ r eɪ ə /; Law Latin for "guilty mind" [1]) is the mental state of a defendant who is accused of committing a crime. In common law jurisdictions, most crimes require proof both of mens rea and actus reus ("guilty act") before the defendant can be found guilty.

  6. Hangry and 300 other words have been added to the dictionary

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    Other words include friendiversary, alt-right, mic drop, slay and sext. Related: Celebs with dad bods The process starts with finding patterns online within news, blogs and social media.

  7. The road to hell is paved with good intentions - Wikipedia

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    A common meaning of the phrase is that wrongdoings or evil actions are often undertaken with good intentions; or that good intentions, when acted upon, may have bad consequences. [1] An example is the introduction of Asian carp into the United States in the 1970s to control algal blooms in captivity.

  8. Malicious Intent - Wikipedia

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    Malicious Intent may refer to: Malicious Intent; Malicious Intent; Bad faith This page was last edited on 29 December 2019 ...

  9. Willful ignorance - Wikipedia

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    In law, willful ignorance is when a person seeks to avoid civil or criminal liability for a wrongful act by intentionally keeping themselves unaware of facts that would render them liable or implicated.