单词 | scienter |
释义 | sci·en·ter /sī-'en-tər/ n [Latin, knowingly, from scient- sciens, present participle of scire to know] 1: knowledge of the nature of one's act or omission or of the nature of something in one's possession that is often a necessary element of an offense the ~ element constitutionally required for an obscenity statute — Wall Dist. v. Newport News, 323 S.E.2d 75 (1984); also: intent to engage in particular esp. criminal conduct a few environmental statutes...do away altogether with the need to prove ~...requiring no proof of criminal intent whatsoever — R. J. Kafin et al. 2: a mental state in fraud (as securities fraud) that is characterized by an intent to deceive, manipulate, or defraud |
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