General Law

Purpose

0863-en RE520 Criminal Law As of 11.07.2026


The purpose is the deliberately unlawful will, the will of the act in the awareness of its unlawfulness.

Deutsch

Vorsatz 0863-de

Der Vorsatz ist der bewusst rechtswidrige Wille, das Wollen der Tat im Bewusstsein ihrer Rechtswidrigkeit.

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