knowing

knowing
know·ing adj
1: having or reflecting knowledge
a knowing and intelligent waiver of counsel see also intelligent
2: deliberate (2)
knowing possession
knowing endangerment compare mens rea
know·ing·ly adv

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

knowing
I adjective acquainted, acute, apperceptive, apprehending, apprised, astute, aware, cognitive, cognizant, comprehending, conscious, deliberate, designed, educated, heedful, informed, instructed, intended, intentional, knowledgeable, meant, mindful, perceptive, percipient, planned, posted, prudens, purposeful, schooled, sciens, taught, understanding, well-informed, well-posted, well-versed associated concepts: knowing or conscious, knowingly aid, knowingly and willfully, knowingly possess, knowingly receive, knowingly suffer or permit II index certain (positive), cognizant, conscious (aware), discriminating (judicious), expert, familiar (informed), intentional, judicial, learned, literate, omniscient, oracular, perceptive, perspicacious, politic, practiced, proficient, profound (esoteric), qualified (competent), rational, sapient, sciential, sensible, tactical, veteran

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


knowing
adj. Conscious, deliberate, with cognizance of pertinent information.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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