impute

impute:

attribution for the purpose of assigning responsibility or a negative characteristic.

the failure of the customer to sign the credit-card receipt is imputed to me, the waiter; and i may impute idiocy to the customer who fails to sign the credit-card receipt.

to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman. "All laws are published and available for study; [knowledge of] the content of the law is imputed to all persons who are within the jurisdiction, no matter how transiently."

to attribute something discreditable to a person.

Law. to ascribe to or charge (a person) with an act or quality because of the conduct of another over whom one has control or for whose acts or conduct one is responsible. "...the court can impute knowledge where appropriate"..."If the natural person who acts can be identified with the mind of the company when performing the actions forming the actus reus, all the relevant mental elements will be imputed to the company."

1325–75; ME imputen < L imputāre, im + putāre, to reckon, clear up, settle, prune.