Definition of intendment in English:

intendment

noun ɪnˈtɛndm(ə)ntɪnˈtɛndmənt

mass nounLaw

The sense in which the law understands or interprets something, such as the true intention of an Act.
〔律〕含义，意旨
the intendment of the Constitution
Example sentencesExamples
- Turning to the present case, the question then arises whether the true intendment of the contract was such as to permit an immediate withdrawal of the licence.
- An ‘Act of Parliament extending to the colony’, within s.2, is by s.1 an Act which is ‘made applicable to such colony by the express words or necessary intendment of any Act of Parliament’.
- In my view it is merely an administrative body, but, in any event, it does not ‘come within the intendment of section 96 of the British North America Act’.
- Who, it is to be asked, is within the legislative grasp or intendment, of the statute under consideration?
- Might I say, if you look at intendment, again Justice Dixon seems to have constructed his more narrow conception of section 75 around a very different circumstance.

Origin

Late Middle English (denoting an intended meaning): from Old French entendement, from entendre 'intend'.

Definition of intendment in US English:

intendment

nounɪnˈtɛndməntinˈtendmənt

Law

The sense in which the law understands or interprets something, such as the true intention of a piece of legislation.
〔律〕含义，意旨
the intendment of the Constitution
Example sentencesExamples
- An ‘Act of Parliament extending to the colony’, within s.2, is by s.1 an Act which is ‘made applicable to such colony by the express words or necessary intendment of any Act of Parliament’.
- Who, it is to be asked, is within the legislative grasp or intendment, of the statute under consideration?
- Turning to the present case, the question then arises whether the true intendment of the contract was such as to permit an immediate withdrawal of the licence.
- Might I say, if you look at intendment, again Justice Dixon seems to have constructed his more narrow conception of section 75 around a very different circumstance.
- In my view it is merely an administrative body, but, in any event, it does not ‘come within the intendment of section 96 of the British North America Act’.

Origin

Late Middle English (denoting an intended meaning): from Old French entendement, from entendre ‘intend’.

词汇	intendment
释义	Definition of intendment in English: intendment noun ɪnˈtɛndm(ə)ntɪnˈtɛndmənt mass nounLaw The sense in which the law understands or interprets something, such as the true intention of an Act. 〔律〕含义，意旨 the intendment of the Constitution Example sentencesExamples Turning to the present case, the question then arises whether the true intendment of the contract was such as to permit an immediate withdrawal of the licence. An ‘Act of Parliament extending to the colony’, within s.2, is by s.1 an Act which is ‘made applicable to such colony by the express words or necessary intendment of any Act of Parliament’. In my view it is merely an administrative body, but, in any event, it does not ‘come within the intendment of section 96 of the British North America Act’. Who, it is to be asked, is within the legislative grasp or intendment, of the statute under consideration? Might I say, if you look at intendment, again Justice Dixon seems to have constructed his more narrow conception of section 75 around a very different circumstance. Origin Late Middle English (denoting an intended meaning): from Old French entendement, from entendre 'intend'. Definition of intendment in US English: intendment nounɪnˈtɛndməntinˈtendmənt Law The sense in which the law understands or interprets something, such as the true intention of a piece of legislation. 〔律〕含义，意旨 the intendment of the Constitution Example sentencesExamples An ‘Act of Parliament extending to the colony’, within s.2, is by s.1 an Act which is ‘made applicable to such colony by the express words or necessary intendment of any Act of Parliament’. Who, it is to be asked, is within the legislative grasp or intendment, of the statute under consideration? Turning to the present case, the question then arises whether the true intendment of the contract was such as to permit an immediate withdrawal of the licence. Might I say, if you look at intendment, again Justice Dixon seems to have constructed his more narrow conception of section 75 around a very different circumstance. In my view it is merely an administrative body, but, in any event, it does not ‘come within the intendment of section 96 of the British North America Act’. Origin Late Middle English (denoting an intended meaning): from Old French entendement, from entendre ‘intend’.
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