L. In the midst; among; between. Used in Latin phrases, and in compound words; in the latter, the simple words are sometimes separated by a hyphen. Inter alia. Among other things. Inter alios. Among other persons tentions, the law presumes a wicked intent from any to strangers. See RES, Inter, etc. such act; but the prima facie case thus made out may be rebutted by showing the contrary. Thus, in murder, malice is presumed from the fact of killing.4 Every person of sound mind is presumed to intend the necessary, natural, or legal consequences of his deliberate act. This presumption may be conclusive, as when the consequences must necessarily follow the act; or be disputable, rebuttable by evidence of want of intention, where the consequences do not necessarily follow the act. Thus, where one voluntarily points a loaded pistol at a vital part, the law declares that the natural, inevitable consequence of that act is to kill, provided the pistol be fired; and the individual cannot be heard to say that he had no intent to kill. So, when a debtor procures his property to be taken on legal process, the effect being to defeat or delay the operation of a bankrupt act, he is held to have intended that effect. The intention is the turning point in an issue to decide whether a judgment against an insolvent was obtained with a view to give a preference." Persons of sound mind and discretion are understood to intend, in the ordinary transactions of life, that which is the necessary and unavoidable consequences of their acts, as they are supposed to know what the consequences of their acts will be in such transactions. This rule applies in civil and criminal cases. Exceptions may arise; as, where the consequences likely to flow from the act are not matters of common knowledge, or where the act or the consequence is attended by circumstances tending to rebut the ordinary probative force of the act or to exculpate the intent of the agentas, that the holder of a warrant to confess judgment could enter judgment to get a preference. See further CONSEQUENCES. Intention is gathered from all the things done, said, written; in ordinary documents, any words expressing it may be used. In wills it is "the pole-star of interpretation," when no rule of law is violated. In construing writings generally, the courts strive after the intention, putting themselves in the place of the party or parties.9 See ABANDON; CONTRACT; DOMICIL; GRANT; IGNORANCE; STATUTE; WILL. 14 Bl. Com. 221. 22 Pars. Contr. 772. 3 United States v. Taintor, 11 Blatch. 378 (1873). 41 Greenl. Ev. § 34. * Reynolds v. United States, 98 U. S. 167 (1878). Re Bininger, 7 Blatch. 268, 277 (1870), cases. Little v. Alexander, 21 Wall. 500 (1874). * Clarion Bank v. Jones, 21 Wall. 337 (1874), Clifford, Justice. 91 Greenl. Ev. §§ 287-89. As to presumptions, see 30 Alb. Law J. 66-70 (1884), cases; evidence of, 22 Cent. Law J. 271 (1886), cases. - as Inter.com. See INTERIM, Committitur. Inter conjuges. Between husband and wife. Inter pares. Between equals - in capacity or opportunity. Inter partes. Between persons - the immediate parties to an instrument. See PARS, Inter, etc. Inter rusticos. Among the unlearned. Inter se, or sese. Between themselves. Inter vivos. Between living persons. See GIFT. of.