Intentio Caeca Mala
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A hidden intention is bad.
2 Bulst. 179.
INTENTIO INSERVIRE DEBET LEGIbus, non leges intention i. Intentions ought to be subservient to the laws, not the laws to intentions.
Co. Litt. 314.
INTENTIO MEA IMPONIT NOMEN OPeri meo
My intent gives a name to my act.
Hob. 123.