In English criminal law, intention is one of the types of mens rea (Latin for guilty mind) that, when accompanied by an actus reus (Latin for guilty act), constitutes a crime.n Frankland v The Queen, Lord Ackner held DPP v Smith to be incorrect insofar as it required objective foresight in determining intention of murder, saying that the common law reflected s 8 of the 1967 Act.
quarantine quarÂ·anÂ·tine (kwÃ´r'Én-tÄn') n. A period of time during which a vehicle, person, or material suspected of carrying a contagious disease is detained at a port of entry under enforced isolation to prevent disease from entering a country. A place for such detention.
The definition of a prefecture is a district or town under the control of a special official called a prefect, or the term of office or residence of a prefect. 1  A small town in France that is under the control of aprefect who makes the rules for the town is an example of a prefecture.