Associations to the word «Scienter»

Wiktionary

SCIENTER, adverb. (legal) deliberately, knowingly
SCIENTER, noun. (legal) knowledge of one's own illegal acts; intent

Dictionary definition

SCIENTER, adverb. (law) deliberately or knowingly.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne