See Also: intent(1)(dictionary)
intent(2)(dictionary)
intent(dictionary)
Letter of Intent(money)
Specific Intent(law)
Intent To Use (ITU) Application(law)
Intent Of The Defendant(law)
General Intent(law)
Transferred Intent(law)
Bad Faith (bad Intent)(law)

intent (iou)



intent noun. Also (earlier) entent. ME.
[Old French entent from Latin intentus verbal noun from intendere INTEND, and Old & mod. French entente from Proto-Romance, also from Latin intendere.]
Chiefly Law: the act or fact of intending; intention, purpose. Formerly also, inclination, will; what is willed, one's desire. ME.
letter of intent: see LETTER noun1. with intent with the intention of committing a crime.
T. Keneally The intent of the..prisoners from Brinnlitz was to deliver the Schindlers..across the Swiss border.
b. A design, a project. ME-M19.
G. P. R. James The nobles joining in his intent, showered their largess upon their retainers.
Attention, heed; intent observation. ME-E18.
Assiduous effort. ME-L15.
Mind, understanding; opinion, judgement. ME-E17.
Meaning, import; Law intendment. ME-M18.
W. Blackstone Merchandize, within the intent of the statute, by which a profit may be fairly made.
The object of an action etc.; an aim, a purpose. Now rare exc. in for all intents and purposes, to all intents (and purposes), for all practical purposes, in effect. ME.
to the intent (that) in order that.
N. Symington When a story is used to convey a conscious intent the result is poor literature.
The subject of a discourse etc. LME-L17.