Sentence examples for law intent from inspiring English sources

(Under American and international law, intent is central to assessing criminality in war-crimes and torture cases).

Yes, at least arguably, there is a likelihood of harm regardless of intent, but in criminal law intent matters, and for me it matters here, too.

Let it assemble in special session, confirm the trial judge's opinion upholding the executive branch's discretion about a seven-day deadline for recounts, and re-articulate its election-law intent.

The federal agency, which has long opposed state willingness to expand cranberry acreage, said allowing the farmer to seek a permit now was "compromising" the wetlands preservation laws' intent.

That feeling of being judged, some readers reminded new parents, probably comes from your own doubts, not your parents' or in-laws' intent, and if we consider what might be behind a member of the older generation's proposal that we "put a hat on that baby!" … then it might be easier to take.

Some argue that paradoxically, the way environmental laws are 'used' to litigate against activities such as grazing in today's pastoral landscapes not only miss the mark of the original laws' intents but also, in some cases, could prevent the very environmental benefits the laws have as their core objectives (Nie 2008).

Kelly McDaniel was adding additional counts, but said that prosecuting his client goes against the spirit of the law's intent.

Yachts but not leather-seated buses are covered by the law's intent, we can infer?

Mens rea, in Anglo-American law, criminal intent or evil mind.

Members of Congress have accused the Clinton and Bush administrations of distorting the law's intent.

"The law's intent was to create safe housing conditions in the municipality," he said.