Usually means: Culpable state of mind legally.
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  1. mens rea: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (mens rea)

noun:  (general, psychology) A reactive mind, a conscious knowing by the individual that an act was committed, either by themselves or by another.
noun:  (law) A guilty mind, the conscious knowing of a perpetrator while committing an act that the act is illicit.

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