Scienter definition:
Latin: actual or guilty knowledge; knowingly.
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.
Scienter:
Latin for knowledge. In legal situations, the word is usually used to refer to "guilty knowledge". For example, owners of vicious dogs may be liable for injuries caused by these dogs if they can prove the owner's "scienter" (i.e.
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.
SCIENTER, knowingly.
2. A man may do many acts which are justifiable or not, as he is ignorant or not ignorant of certain facts.
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Dictionary. Webster 1913 Dictionary edited by Patrick J. Cassidy Read more ...
Scienter Scienter is knowledge of the cause of another’s injury or damages, or knowledge of a set of facts that favored or promoted the probability of injury or damages.
Scienter: (Latin: knowledge) Common law rule that the owner of a vicious dog must keep it secure. A person bitten by such an animal may bring an action, even if the dog has never bitten anyone before.
b : awareness that a fact or circumstance probably exists
broadly
: See also constructive knowledge
see also scienter willful blindness
Knowledge fundamentally differs from intent in being grounded in awareness rather than purpose.
a counterfeit note and be criminally guiltless if they did not know it was counterfeit. Or someone may receive stolen goods if they were not aware of the fact that they were stolen. In these types of cases it is the guilty knowledge, or scienter, ...
 See also: Knowledge, Person, State, Will, Law
  
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