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intendment
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
INTENDMENT
n.Intention; design; in law, the true meaning of a person or of a law, or of any legal instrument. In the construction of statutes or of contracts, the intendment of the same is, if possible, to be ascertained, that is, the true meaning or intention of the legislator or contracting party.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
INTENDMENT
In *tend "ment, n. Etym: [OE. entendement understanding, insight, F.entendement, fr. LL. intendimentum. See Intend. ]
1. Charge; oversight. [Obs. ] Ford.
2. Intention; design; purpose. The intendment of God and nature. Jer. Taylor.
3. (Law )
Defn: The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a law, or of any legal instrument.
New American Oxford Dictionary
intendment
in tend ment |inˈtendmənt ɪnˈtɛndmənt | ▶noun Law the sense in which the law understands or interprets something, such as the true intention of a piece of legislation. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting an intended meaning ): from Old French entendement, from entendre ‘intend. ’
Oxford Dictionary
intendment
in ¦tend |ment |ɪnˈtɛndm (ə )nt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Law the sense in which the law understands or interprets something, such as the true intention of an Act. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting an intended meaning ): from Old French entendement, from entendre ‘intend ’.
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