mentes reae

Etymology
First attested in 1932; from the (“minds”, the nominative plural form of, “mind”) +  (the feminine nominative plural form of , “guilty”).

Noun

 * 1) * 1932, Annual Survey of English Law (The London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) Department of Law), page 312
 * “The old conception of mens rea,” says Professor Sayer, “must be discarded, and in its place must be substituted the new conception of mentes reae.”
 * “The old conception of mens rea,” says Professor Sayer, “must be discarded, and in its place must be substituted the new conception of mentes reae.”