Look up: scienter


  1. Scienter
    Scienter is a legal term that refers to intent or knowledge of wrongdoing. This means that an offending party has knowledge of the "wrongness" of an act or event prior to committing it. For example, if a man sells a car to his friend with brakes that do not work, and he does not know about the prob...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scienter

  2. scienter
    [adv] - (law) deliberately or knowingly
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=scienter

  3. Scienter
    Sci·en'ter adverb [ Latin ] (Law) Knowingly; willfully. Bouvier.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/31

  4. scienter
    adverb deliberately or knowingly
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=scienter

  5. Scienter
    • (adv.) Knowingly; willfully.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/scienter/

  6. scienter
    scienter Knowingly, with knowledge.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1908/4

  7. Scienter
    Knowingly. Having the requisite knowledge of the wrongness/illegality of an act or conduct; guilty knowledge; knowing the impropriety/illegality associated with doing certain acts. This is often an element of liability or guilt that must be proven before a judgement or conviction can be obtained.A m...
    Found op http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/s006.htm

  8. Scienter
    (n) Scienter is used to represent the stage of awareness the defendant have about his actions, its illegality, felony at the time of the crime. The Latin word means having knowledge. So if a person take possession of an article by a mistaken identity that it was his own cannot be treated as a crimin...
    Found op http://www.legal-explanations.com/definitions/scienter.htm

  9. scienter
    n. Latin for "having knowledge." In criminal law, it refers to knowledge by a defendant that his/her acts were illegal or his/her statements were lies and thus fraudulent.
    Found op http://dictionary.law.com/Default.xhtml?selected=1886

  10. scienter
    1) Deliberately or knowingly
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/scienter/1

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