# mentes reae

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. plural of mens rea

## Etymology
First attested in 1932; from the Latin mentēs (“minds”, the nominative plural form of mēns, “mind”) + reae (the feminine nominative plural form of reus, “guilty”).

## Source
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