(Law) criminal intent; the thoughts and intentions behind a wrongful act (including knowledge that the act is illegal); often at issue in murder trials.
Mental element in criminal law.
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Examples for "guilty mind "
Examples for "guilty mind "
1 Well, did the idea ever occur to your guilty mind ? '
2 Neither rank nor possession makes the guilty mind happy.
3 Which conscience forms to haunt the guilty mind -
4 But his guilty mind went with her, making of her infamy the prophecy and foretaste of another's.
5 But of all terrors there are none, outside a guilty mind , so benumbing as night in the unknown.
1 How can we establish intention - " mens rea " , or the "guilty mind" - beyond a reasonable doubt?
2 The judgement said in light of this it was Anne Stevens' opinion that a mens rea defence would have been hopeless.
3 Some key Republican senators are reluctant to support the bill until it includes changes to " mens rea " laws that govern criminal intent.
4 Central to the criminal law system we have is the idea of intent or, in legalese mens rea , which conveys the idea of "guilty mind".
5 Mens rea reform was excluded from the Senate measure because its authors were divided on the issue.
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