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sci·en·ter  (s-ntr)
adv. Law
Deliberately or knowingly.

[Latin, from scins, scient-, present participle of scre, to know; see science.]

scienter [saɪˈɛntə]
adv
(Law) Law knowingly; wilfully
[from Latin]
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Adv.1.scienter - (law) deliberately or knowingly
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"


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