Definition of "scienter" []

• Law Deliberately or knowingly. (adverb)

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• "Missing the little element called scienter, or in lay terms, the requisite intent."
• "Seems to me that the basic issue is corporate mens rea or scienter, which isn’t any bigger problem conceptually than corporate contracts whose enforcement requires intention to be bound."
• "First they knock the requirements for recklessness to prove "scienter" out of the park:"