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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

class-based animus

See ANIMUS (1)

class-based animus.

a prejudicial disposition toward a discernible, usu. constitutionally protected, group of persons. ( a class-based animus is an essential element of a civil rights conspiracy case.2. intention. ( all the following latin "animus" phrases have analogous adverbial forms beginning with "animo" (the definition merely needing "with" at the outset) - for example, animo furandi means "with the intention to steal," animo testandi means "with testamentary intention," etc.