1. Plural of intendment; intentions, purposes, or meanings, especially as expressed in legal documents or formal statements.
Usage: formal; chiefly legal or archaic
2. In law, the true meaning or intent of a statute, contract, or other legal instrument as understood by the parties or the court.
Usage: legal; archaic

Examples

• The contract's intendments were disputed by both parties in court.
• The judge examined the intendments of the original legislation.
• The author's intendments in writing the novel became clearer upon close reading.
• Legal scholars debated the intendments behind the constitutional amendment.
• The treaty's intendments were subject to different interpretations by each nation.