legislative intent

LEGISLATIVE INTENT legislative intent. The design or plan that the legislature had at the time of enacting a statute. ¡ª Also termed intention of the legislature; intent of the legislature; congressional intent; parliamentary intent. [Cases: Statutes 181(1). C.J.S. Statutes ¡ì 315.] ¡°The intention of the legislature is a common but very slippery phrase, which, popularly […]

legislative intent The design or plan that the legislature had at the time of enacting a statute. ¡ª Also termed intention of the legislature; intent of the legislature; congressional intent; parliamentary intent. [Cases: Statutes 181(1). C.J.S. Statutes ¡ì 315.] How do Chinese legal professionals usually express the term legislative intent?