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| Consider the passage given below and answer the question. An essential principle of criminal law is contained in the maxim actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea. It implies that the act doesn't make a man blameworthy itself except if his intention was so. At the end, the criminal act should be accompanied by a guilty mind or mens rea. Thusly, the two components of an offense are actus reus and mens rea. Mens rea covers a wide scope of mental states and conditions, the presence of which would give a lawbreaker shade to actus reus. The idea of actus reus is an act of embellishment, helping, abetting, guiding and getting an offense. |
| The maxim actus non facit reum nisi mens means: |
Crime has to be coupled with guilty mind
There can be no crime without a guilty mind Crime is the result of guilty mind
Criminal mind leads to crime |
| There can be no crime without a guilty mind |
| The principle of actus reus and mens rea are embedded in a Latin maxim, which is: actus non Iacit reum nisi mens sit rea. This latin maxim means that an act does not make one guilty unless the mind is also legally blameworthy. |
