actus rei
English
Etymology
First attested in 1970; from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin āctūs (“acts”, the nominative plural form of āctus, “act”) + reī (the masculine nominative plural form of reus, “guilty”).
Noun
- plural of actus reus
- 1970, Pacific Law Journal (published by the students of the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law), volume 1, page 194
- They are as it were, the actus rei of matrimonial guilt.
- 1970, Pacific Law Journal (published by the students of the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law), volume 1, page 194