Usually means: Knowledge of wrongdoing; guilty mind.
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  2. scienter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  10. scienter: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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▸ adverb:  (law) deliberately, knowingly
▸ noun:  (law) knowledge of one's own illegal acts; intent

Similar:
in flagrante delicto, ex facie, flagrante delicto, out to get someone, in flagrant delict, in flagrante, mala fide, misgivingly, malâ fide, misbelievingly, more...

Opposite:
nescience, ignorance, unawareness

Types:
negligence, intentional, reckless, more...

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Similar:
in flagrante delicto, ex facie, flagrante delicto, out to get someone, in flagrant delict, in flagrante, mala fide, misgivingly, malâ fide, misbelievingly, more...

Opposite:
nescience, ignorance, unawareness

Types:
negligence, intentional, reckless, more...



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