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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCIENTER

Sci *en "ter, adv. Etym: [L.] (Law )

 

Defn: Knowingly; willfully. Bouvier.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

scienter

scienter |sʌɪˈɛntə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Law the fact of an act having been done knowingly, especially as grounds for civil damages. ORIGIN Latin, from scire know.

 

Oxford Dictionary

scienter

scienter |sʌɪˈɛntə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Law the fact of an act having been done knowingly, especially as grounds for civil damages. ORIGIN Latin, from scire know.