intendment

intendment is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.Intention; design; purpose. The intendment of God and nature. Jer. Taylor.
  2. 2.(Law) The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a law, or of any legal instrument.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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