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actus reus

in criminal law, a person's physical action to commit a crime
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actus reus

Summary

actus reus is a legal term or legal concept[1]. It draws 135 Wikipedia views per month (legal_term_or_legal_concept category, ranking #87 of 484).[2]

Key Facts

  • actus reus's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[3].
  • actus reus's part of is recorded as criminal law[4].
  • actus reus's opposite of is recorded as mens rea[5].
  • actus reus's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 36998[6].
  • actus reus's has part is recorded as legal fact[7].
  • actus reus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01dfyl[8].
  • actus reus's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[9].
  • actus reus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/actus-reus[10].
  • actus reus's Quora topic ID is recorded as Actus-Reus-2[11].
  • actus reus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 173076718[12].

Body

Geography

actus reus's part of is recorded as criminal law[4].

Designation and Status

actus reus's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[3].

Why It Matters

actus reus draws 135 Wikipedia views per month (legal_term_or_legal_concept category, ranking #87 of 484).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_actus-reus_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{actus reus}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/actus-reus}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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