ANIMUS

Lat. Mind; intention; disposition; design; will. Animo, (q. v.;) with the intention or design. These terms are derived from the civil law. -Animus ean cell and i. The intention of destroying or canceling, (applied to wills.)-Animus capiendi. The intention. to take or capture, 4 C. Rob. Adm. 126, 155.-Animus dedicandi. The intention of donating or dedicating.-Animus def am and i. Tbe intention of defaming. The phrase expre e!I the malicious intent which is. e ential in every case of verbal injury to render it the subject of an action for libel or slander.-Animus derelinquendi. Th,e intention of abandoning. 4 C. Rob. Adm. 216. Rhodes v. Whitehead, 27 Teir. 304, 84 Am. Dec. 631.-Animus differ end i. The intention of obtaining delay.-Animus don and i. The intention of giving. Expre ive of the intent to give which is nece ary to constitute a gift.-Anim'D.I! et fact us. Intention and act; will and deed. Used to denote those acts which become effective only when accompanied by a particular intention..;..An in i us furandi. The intention to steal. Gardner v. State, 55 N. J. Law, 17, 26 Atl. 30i. State v. Slingerl~nd, 19 Nev. 135, 7 Pac.;::8().-Animus lucrandi. The intention to make ·a gain or profit.-Animus manendi. Tbe intention of remaining; intention to establish a l)(lnnanent residence. 1 Kent, Comm. 76. This is the point to he settled in determining the domicile or r'esidence of a party. Id. 77.-Animus morandi, The intention to remain, or to delay.-Animus po idendi. The intention of po e ing.-Animus quo. The intent with which.-Animu!I recipiendi. The intention of receiving.- Animus recuperandi. The intention of recovering. Locc. de Jure Mar. lib. 2, c. 4 § 10. 1 -Animus republic and i. The intention to republish.-Animus restituendi. The intention of restoring. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 2, § 3.-. Animus revert end i, The intention of returning. A man retains his domicile if he leaves it ammo revert end i. In re Miller's Estate, 3 Rawle (Pa.) 312, 24 Am. Dec. 345; 4 Bl. Comm. 225; 2 Rus!I. Crimes, 18; Poph. 42, 52; 4 Coke, 40. Also, a term.employed in the civil law, in eXl}re ing the role of ownership i'l tamed animals.-Animus revocandi. The intention to revoke.-Animus test and i. An intention to make a testament or will. Farr.v. Thompson, 1 Speers (S. C.) 105. Animus ad, se omne jus ducit. It is to the intention that all law applies. Law always regards the intention. Animus hominis est anima script i, The intention of the party is the soul of the instrument. 3 Bulst. 67; Pitm. Prin. & Sur. 26. In order to give life or effect to an instrument, it is e ential to look to the intention of the individual who executed It. [s. 76]