Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
transferred intent
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Remove ads
English
Noun
transferred intent (uncountable)
- (law) The situation where, when the intention to harm one party inadvertently causes a second party to be harmed instead, the perpetrator is still held responsible.
- Synonym: transferred malice
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads