Actus reus
In criminal law, the "guilty act" / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In criminal law, actus reus (/ˈæktəs ˈreɪəs/; pl.: actus rei), 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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