Intentio
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Lat. In the civil law. The formal complaint or claim of a plaintiff before the praetor.
In old English law
A count or Jeclaration in a real action, (murrativ.) Bract.
Intentio ceca mala
A blind or obscure meaning Is bad or ineffectual.
2 Bulst. 179.
Said of a testator’s intention. Intentio inservire debet legibus, non leges intentioni. The intention [of a party] ought to be subservient to for in accordance with] the laws, not‘the laws to the intenfion. Co. Litt. dida, 3145. intentio mo2 imponit nomen operi meo.
Hob. 128.
My intent gives a name to my act,