Scienter is an adverb meaning deliberately or knowingly.
Scienter es un adverbio que significa deliberadamente o a sabiendas.
| Front | scienter \sy-EN-tuhr\ |
|---|---|
| Back | adverb Deliberately; knowingly. [In law, scienter is an important concept. Scienter must be shown, i.e. a person was aware -- for example, the currency note he was passing was counterfeit -- to prove the guilt. The word is often used as a noun.] "The judge said that the complaint, if true, would show BankAtlantic's executives acted with scienter -- the intent or knowledge of wrongdoing that's the key to a plaintiff's argument in a class action complaint." - Brian Bandell; Judge Lets Class Action Suit Proceed Against BankAtlantic Bancorp; South Florida Business Journal; May 22, 2009. |
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