Intentio

Intent; intention; a plaintiff’s formal complaint.

Lat In the civil law. The formal complaint or claim of a plaintiff before the prætor.

In old English law. A count or declaration in a real action, (narratio.) Bract, lib. 4, tr. 2, c. 2; Fleta, lib. 4, c. 7; Du Cange.

Intention; design; meaning or purpose. Intentio caeca mala: a blind or obscure meaning is bad, or ineffectual. Intentio inservire debet legibus, non leges intentioni: the intention [of a party] ought to be subservient to [or in accordance with] the laws, not the laws to the intention. Intentio mea imponit nomen operi meo: my intention gives name to my act.

In old English law. The plaintiff's or demandant's count, or declaration in real actions.

In the civil law. The formula by which the plaintiff preferred his suit or made his claim against the defendant before the praetor.

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,