The phrase "address the intent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the need to consider or respond to the underlying purpose or goal of a statement or action.
Example: "In our meeting, we need to address the intent behind the client's feedback to ensure we meet their expectations."
Alternatives: "consider the purpose" or "respond to the objective".
She said the Legislature intended to address attacks with the "intent to intimidate" on a broad scale.
Judge Scheindlin addressed the discriminatory intent question at several points in her opinion.
Stern, in his comments, however, did not directly address the Knicks' apparent intent in deploying microphones near the court, which was to specifically zero in on conversations involving Anthony as a means to protect him.
Many locations aren't so clean and safe, but there usually aren't hundreds of officers in riot gear showing up in the middle of the night to address the problem .The main intent of the police action was clearly a moral-aesthetic one, to remove a highly visible shantytown that created the impression of a breakdown in law and order.
Such findings do not address the issue of intent which is critical to deciding whether a crime has been committed.
Other issues, like the need for the creation of new taxing districts to help support the medical school, will also be evaluated during the interim, with the intent to address them in the next regular session.
Five criteria have been long on the table: that the harm feared is serious, that the intent to address that harm is genuine, that nothing less than military coercion is likely to succeed, that force be applied proportionally to the harm feared, and that the net balance of consequences is likely to be positive.
The intent to address the stress never gets implemented but should be.
A recently published study in Tomsk, Russia, describes successful adoption of a program to address alcohol use disorders, with the intent to measure outcomes [56].
