***More detailed info on autopens***. This is a review of the article The Elusive Autopen by Kevin Martin. It appeared in _Autograph Collector's Monthly_, Oct 1994. In respecting his copyright, I have chosen not to include it verbatim.
Confidence votes 246. On the mend means recovering, usually from an illness or injury.
Mens Rea -- A Defendant's Mental State Most crimes require what attorneys refer to as mens rea, which is simply Latin for a guilty mind. In other words, what a defendant was thinking and what the defendant intended when the crime was committed.