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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. actus reus noun actions, at fault, bearing, behavior, blamable, blameworthy, censurable, chargeable, criminal, criminous, culpable, demeanor, deserving, deserving of blame, deserving reproof, erring, external element of a crime, guilty act, immutable, in error, in the wrong, incriminated, indictable, manners, mien, observance, of punishment, pattern, peccant, reprehensible, reproachable, reprovable, to blame 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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