Sentence examples for mens rea from inspiring English sources

MENS REA is a legal term that is Latin for "guilty mind," and was not MEN'S WEAR, no matter how hard you (and by that I mean me) tried to cram that in.

Only Anglo-American systems, however, employ the term mens rea.

The erosion of mens rea requirements makes that a little less amusing.

Another consideration in dispensing with a mens rea requirement is ignorance or mistake.

Mens rea, in Anglo-American law, criminal intent or evil mind.

"It gets you around the mens rea, or state of mind question," he said.

A 2002 Florida law eliminated the requirement of a "guilty mind," or "mens rea," as part of a drug offense.

Singly or in combination, they appear largely adequate to deal with most of the common mens rea problems.

In German law they are excluded because the requirement of mens rea is considered a constitutional principle.

Despite the evident importance of proper definition of the mental element, criminal statutes are frequently silent on what sort of mens rea, if any, must be shown.

No other punishment philosophy gives so much importance to actus reus (a guilty act) and mens rea (a guilty state of mind).