構こう成せい要よう件けん

noun

constituent elements of a crime; actus reus

Legal term referring to the objective external elements that must be proven for a crime to have been committed, as opposed to subjective intent (mens rea).

See also: 故意

• 検けん察さつ側がわは、被ひ告こく人にんの行こう為いが殺さつ人じん罪ざいの構こう成せい要よう件けんを満みたしていると主しゅ張ちょうした。

  The prosecution argued that the defendant's actions satisfied the constituent elements of the crime of murder.

• 刑けい法ほうの授じゅ業ぎょうで、各かく犯はん罪ざいの構こう成せい要よう件けんについて詳くわしく学まなんだ。

  In the criminal law class, we studied the constituent elements of each crime in detail.