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Terms from law



This week's words

lex loci

hereditament

suborn

mens rea

attorn

Terms from law A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg



mens rea PRONUNCIATION: (MENZ REE-uh)

MEANING: noun: Criminal intent.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin mens rea (guilty mind). Earliest documented use: 1861.

USAGE: "She appealed against her conviction on the basis that she did not have the required mens rea, in that she was not aware she was carrying drugs."

Minimum 10-Year Drug Term Reduced for 'Naive' Offender; Irish Times (Dublin); Jan 16, 2012.

See more usage examples of mens rea in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.



A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs. -Joseph Addison, essayist and poet (1672-1719)





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