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Meaning of Actus non reum facit nisi mens rea
The act does not make a person guilty unless the intention be guilty also. This maxim applies only in criminal cases; in civil matters it is otherwise. Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 270, 275, 329; 7 Term R. 514; 3 Bing. N. C. 34, 468; 5 Man. & G. 639; 3 C. B. 229; 5 C. B. 380; 9 Clark & F. 531; 4 N. Y. 159, 163, 195; 2 Bouv. Inst, note 2211.
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