intendment

[ in-tend-muhnt ]
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noun
  1. Law. the true or correct meaning of something.

  2. intention; design; purpose.

Origin of intendment

1
1350–1400; intend + -ment; replacing Middle English entendement<Middle French <Medieval Latin intendimentum

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intendment

/ (ɪnˈtɛndmənt) /


noun
  1. the meaning of something as fixed or understood by the law

  2. obsolete intention, design, or purpose

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