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Mens-rea
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The defendant’s guilty state of mind, as an element in proving the crime with which he or she is charged.
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(law) A
guilty
mind
, a conscious knowing by the perpetrator that the act he/she committed was illicit.
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Origin of mens-rea
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Latin
mēns
rea
(literally “guilty mind").
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