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animus definition - legal

adj

Latin

  1. Purposefully; intentionally.
  2. Animosity; hostility; ill will; strong dislike; hate.
  3. The animating thought, intention, or purpose of an act.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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