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[Latin, Guilty act.] As an element of criminal responsibility, the wrongful act or omission that comprises the physical components of a crime. Criminal statutes generally require proof of both actus reus and mens rea on the part of a defendant in order to establish criminal liability. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Similarly, the physical act of a computer-related crime, actus reus,
may be demonstrated best by an electronic impulse that, unfortunately,
is difficult to define and track, considering that a computer crime can
occur in 3 milliseconds using a program code that tells the software to
erase itself after the computer executes the action. |
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