In criminal law, mens rea (/ˈmɛnz ˈreɪə/; Law Latin for "guilty mind") is the mental state of a defendant who is accused of committing a crime. In common...

serious bodily harm. Mens rea is almost always a necessary component in order to prove that a criminal act has been committed. Mens rea varies depending on...

In criminal law, strict liability is liability for which mens rea (Law Latin for "guilty mind") does not have to be proven in relation to one or more elements...

prove the simultaneous occurrence of both actus reus ("guilty action") and mens rea ("guilty mind"), to constitute a crime; except in crimes of strict liability...

to mens rea there is a presumption that, in order to give effect to the will of Parliament, we must read in words appropriate to require mens rea. . ...

an intent to do some bad thing, the mens rea or guilty mind. As to crimes of which both actus reus and mens rea are requirements, judges have concluded...

ditch. Traditional criminal offenses that require no element of intent (mens rea) include statutory rape and felony murder. In tort law, strict liability...

requires mens rea, a mental state of guilt. To constitute a crime, there must be an actus reus (Latin for "guilty act") accompanied by the mens rea (see concurrence)...

Attempts and Conspiracy (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 (No.1120 (N.I.13)). The mens rea (Latin for the "guilty mind") for murder includes an intention to kill...

and R v Instan. Actus reus must correspond with mens rea for an offence to be made out. A single mens rea may correspond with a series of separate acts...

murder in the Australian constitution, and reformed in order to include a mens rea assessment. Involuntary manslaughter may be distinguished from accidental...

concurrence (or coincidence) of actus reus (Latin for "guilty act") and mens rea (Latin for "guilty mind") in most offences of the criminal law of England...

In criminal law, intent is a subjective state of mind (mens rea) that must accompany the acts of certain crimes to constitute a violation. A more formal...

prove commission of a crime in common law jurisdictions, the other being mens rea ("guilty mind"). In the United States it is sometimes called the external...

justifiable killings; thus the term is used to define the criminal intent or mens rea of a killing. Non-culpable homicide includes those committed in self-defence...

however, the mens rea is implied. Criminal law recognizes recklessness as one of four main classes of mental state constituting mens rea elements to establish...

state of mind (known as the mens rea or "guilty mind") on a standard of "beyond a reasonable doubt". Exceptions to the mens rea requirement exist for strict...

drugs or alcohol is no defence to crimes requiring only basic intent. The mens rea requirement is satisfied by the reckless behaviour of intoxicating oneself...

establishing criminal liability is to prove an actus reus accompanied by a mens rea ("guilty mind") at the relevant time (see concurrence and strict liability...

attraction to children should not affect indecency, it may affect the perceived mens rea of an act. Where the age of the subject of a photograph is uncertain (i...

considered "malicious" where that is set out as the mens rea for a particular offence. The level of mens rea, by statute, specifically needed to accompany "administration"...

crime in which the standard for proving culpability has been lowered so a mens rea (Law Latin for "guilty mind") element is not required. Such offences are...

v. Tutton, discussing the use of an objective standard for determining mens rea in criminal offences. On the afternoon of October 27, 1989, Marc Creighton...

rest on the officer's foot. This actus reus was a continuing act and the mens rea was formed during the relevant time (see concurrence). Whether realistically...

believe (or possibly suspect) that those others will have the relevant mens rea. In R v Curr, the defendant allegedly incited women to commit offences...

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Negligent homicide can be distinguished from involuntary manslaughter by its mens rea requirement: negligent homicide requires criminal negligence, while manslaughter...

is no need to prove fault, but the absence of it. In criminal law, the mens rea is used to decide if the defendant has criminal intent when he commits...

a crime are a guilty act (or actus reus) and a guilty mental state (or mens rea). The traditional view is that moral culpability requires that a defendant...

principal is the one whose acts or omissions, accompanied by the relevant mens rea (Latin for "guilty mind"), are the most immediate cause of the actus reus...