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‖ mens rea Law.|mɛnz ˈriːə|
[mod.L., lit. ‘guilty mind’.]
The criminal state of mind accompanying an act which condemns the perpetrator of the act to criminal punishment; criminal intent.
1861Leigh & Cave Crown Cases Reserved (1866) 53 The mens rea is an essential ingredient in every offence. 1914D. A. Stroud Mens Rea i. 14 There is no real contradiction in describing a mere absence of mind as a mens rea or guilty mind. 1955Times 15 July 11/6 If the customer used it to apply to some other dress she would be guilty of fraud. One is not anxious to multiply criminal offences in which there is no mens rea. 1959Chambers's Encycl. IV. 241/1 Drunkenness may render the accused incapable of forming the specific intent necessary to commit the crime—when mens rea will not be present and the accused must be acquitted. 1965Listener 16 Dec. 1006/2 The compulsory death penalty for murder, which led to a special interpretation of mens rea, has been abolished. 1972Police Rev. 10 Nov. 1446/3 The prosecution has failed to adduce sufficient evidence of the presence of mens rea (or guilty knowledge). |