law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

, to compass is to purpose (or intend) something. It is an individual that is imagining something or to plot a plan. ''Compassing'' signifies a purpose (or design) of the mind (or will), and not carrying such

design A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product, or process. The verb ''to design' ...

to effect.

References

*''A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States''. By John Bouvier. Published 1856. Legal terminology {{law-term-stub