Intention
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A design, resolve, or determination of the mind. The exercise of an intelligent will, the mind being fully aware of the nature and consequences of the act which is about to be done, and with such knowledge, and with full liberty of action, willing and electing to do it.
2 Lea (Tenn.) 619.
It implies contractual obligation to carry out the intention, and is to be distinguished from "promise."
24 N. J. Law, 430.
It is not synonymous with "motive" (131 Mo. 397), nor with "attempt" (3 Dev. [N. C] 330).