1. The act of looking forward; anticipation.
2. A basis on which something is expected to happen; esp., the prospect of receiving wealth, honors, or the like.
“[E]xpectation does not in itself amount to intention. An operating surgeon may know very well that his patient will probably die of the operation; yet he does not intend the fatal consequence which he expects. He intends the recovery which he hopes for but does not expect.” John Salmond, Jurisprudence 379–80 (Glanville L. Williams ed., 10th ed. 1947).
