Specific Intent Law and Legal Definition
Specific intent requires that a criminal defendant intended to achieve some result additional to the criminal act in order to prove all the elements needed to be found guilty of the crime. It differs from general intent, which only requires proof that the defendant intended to do the prohibited act. For example, the crime of larceny requires not only the general intent to take property, but also the specific intent to permanently deprive another of the property.
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Related Legal Terms
- After Acquired Intent
- Assault With Intent to Kill
- Award-Specific Audit
- Children with Specific Learning Disabilities
- Civil Causes of Action - Intentional Interference with Contract
- Civil Causes of Action - Specific Performance
- Common Intent
- Contract-Specification Defense
- Contracts Specific Performance
- Criminal Intent
