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A guity mind, from the axiomatic Latin expression which founds the English criminal law, actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea[1]An act is not guilty unless the mind is guilty. This is the principle of liability, and feeds into the degrees of liability we so often see: intention, recklessness, gross negligence, negligence and blameless inadvertence.
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- ↑ You see this often articulated as “actus reus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea,” but with my rudimentary grasp of Latin, that is a reus too far.