OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 27475

mens rea

/ˌmɛnz ˈɹiːə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
mente rea
A guilty mind, the conscious knowing of a perpetrator while committing an act that the act is illicit.
As a general rule the act (or omission) causing death and the relevant mens rea must occur at the same time. The most obvious application of this rule to exclude liability is the c…
The criminal offences not requiring a mens rea proof for convictions are then specifically indicated in the legislature as being under “strict liability.”
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