Specific intent definition

Specific intent means not only being aware of doing an act and doing it voluntarily, but in addition, doing it with a specific purpose in mind.
Specific intent means not only being aware of doing an act and doing it voluntarily, but, in addition, doing it with a specific purpose in mind. Because determining the Defendant’s specific intent requires you to decide what the Defendant was thinking when an act was done, it is seldom capable of direct proof. Therefore, you should consider the facts and circumstances surrounding the act to determine the Defendant’s specific intent. You may, but are not
Specific intent means not only being aware of doing an

Examples of Specific intent in a sentence

  • Specific intent to kill and an act in perpetration of murder that is a substantial step and which is highly corroborative of the intent to murder.

  • Specific intent crimes - those in which the actor intends his result can be the subject of an intent crime.

  • Specific intent to monopolize can be inferred from a defendant’s anticompetitive conduct.

  • Specific intent to defraud is not required for a violation of the OFCA.

  • Specific intent is described as a “showing that the alleged infringer's actions induced infringing acts and that he knew or should have known his actionswould induce actual infringements.” Id. (citing DSU Med.

  • Specific intent- The intent to commit a specific unlawful act which is a required element for criminal liability for certain crimes.

  • Specific intent does not require that the wrongdoer intended to violate the law.

  • Specific intent- The intent to commit a specific unlawful act, which is a required element for criminal activity for certain crimes.

  • Specific intent is demonstrated where a “defendant actually intend[s] ordesire[s] the results of his actions.” Id. at 58.

  • Specific intent to make a fraudulent statement is not required; rather, the focus is on whether the person making a statement knows it is likely to be false.


More Definitions of Specific intent

Specific intent means not only being aware of doing an act and doing it voluntarily, but in addition, doing it with a specific purpose in mind. Because determining the defendant’s specific intent
Specific intent means that the defendant did so voluntarily, on purpose, and not by mistake or accident.
Specific intent means the commission of an act or the omission of information with the knowledge that such an act or omission will lead to wrongfully obtaining benefits. For example, a worker who completes a document knowingly misrepresenting that he/she is unable to perform work or work-type activities has committed an act. Submitting this document to the department or self-insurer in order to wrongfully receive workers' compensation benefits under Title51 RCW represents specific intent. Examples of the omission of information with the intent of obtaining benefits include, but are not limited to, failure of the worker to advise the department or self-insurer of a return to work or of self-employment; or failure to provide the department or self-insurer with complete information about skills and abilities that would have changed the outcome of a vocational assessment or the department's decision to provide vocational services. Not providing this information to the department or self-insurer represents specific intent because the omission of it can cause continued workers' compensation benefits to which the worker would not have been entitled had the information been provided. The following is an example of a situation that does not represent "specific intent": An injured worker's wife is hired to manage the mobile home park where they live. Wages were paid to her for the management duties. The injured worker would occasionally answer the telephone when his wife was not available and he opened and closed the park gates each morning. He did not engage in the maintenance work of the park, provide tours of the park to prospective customers or perform any other park management duties. The worker did not report this activity to the department, his physician or his vocational counselor. The worker's omission of information is not considered "willful misrepresentation" with "specific intent" to receive benefits to which he would not be otherwise entitled. [Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.010, 51.04.020, and 2004 c 243. WSR 04-20-024, § 296-14-4122, filed 9/28/04, effective 11/1/04.]

Related to Specific intent

  • Letter of Intent means the intimation by a Post/Fax/email to the tenderer that the tender has been accepted in accordance with provisions contained in the letter. The responsibility of the contractor commences from the date of issue of this letter and all terms and conditions of the contract are applicable from this date.

  • Letter of Intent (LOI means an intimation by a letter to Bidder that their Tender has been accepted in accordance with the provisions contained in the letter and hence to take preparatory steps and compliance of formalities to commence the work from the date desired by Owner.

  • Interconnection Agreement means the interconnection agreement entered into by Seller pursuant to which the Facility will be interconnected with the Transmission System, and pursuant to which Seller’s Interconnection Facilities and any other Interconnection Facilities will be constructed, operated and maintained during the Contract Term.

  • Reseller Agreement means the separate agreement between Customer and Reseller regarding the Services. The Reseller Agreement is independent of and outside the scope of This Agreement.

  • Single-state license means a nurse license issued by a party state that authorizes practice only within the issuing state and does not include a multistate licensure privilege to practice in any other party state.

  • sub-contract means the primary contractor’s assigning, leasing, making out work to, or employing, another person to support such primary contractor in the execution of part of a project in terms of the contract;