Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

declaration of state of mind

A person's state-of-mind statement that operates as an exception to the hearsay rule. Fed. R. Evid. 803(3).

man-endangering state of mind

See PERSONENDANGERING STATE OF MIND.

person-endangering state of mind

An intent to kill, inflict great bodily injury, act in wanton disregard of an unreasonable risk, or perpetrate a dangerous felony. - Also termed manendangering state of mind.

state of mind

1 The condition or capacity of a person's mind; MENS REA. 2. Loosely, a person's reasons or motives for committing an act, esp. a criminal act.