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Intention (criminal law)
In
criminal law
,
intent
is one of three general classes of
mens rea
necessary to constitute a
conventional
as opposed to
strict liability
crime
. A more formal, generally-synonymous legal term is
scienter
: intent or knowledge of wrongdoing.
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