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mens rea

mental element in criminal law
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mens rea

Summary

mens rea is a legal term or legal concept[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of legal_term_or_legal_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,743 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • mens rea's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[3].
  • mens rea's instance of is recorded as element[4].
  • mens rea is a type of mind[5].
  • mens rea is part of criminal law[6].
  • mens rea is the opposite of actus reus[7].
  • mens rea's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • mens rea's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United States[9].
  • mens rea's studied by is recorded as criminal law[10].

Body

Geography

mens rea is part of criminal law[6].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include legal term or legal concept[3] and element[4].

Why It Matters

mens rea ranks in the top 6% of legal_term_or_legal_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,743 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

United Kingdom United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_mens-rea_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{mens rea}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/mens-rea}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → premeditation-law
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: premeditation-law, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289949172|premeditation law (#289949172)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Har"
  2. 4d ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → criminal law
    Part of → —
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → mind
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P349]]: 00576803"
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