Actus Reus

An Actus Reus is a guilty act that ...

• See: Element (Criminal Law), Latin, Crime, Legal Term, Legal Terminology, Mens Rea.

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• (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actus_reus Retrieved:2023-8-28.
  • In criminal law, Actus reus (), Latin for "guilty act", is one of the elements normally required to prove commission of a crime in common law jurisdictions, the other being mens rea ("guilty mind"). In the United States it is sometimes called the external element or the objective element of a crime.

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