Usually means: Conduct that constitutes a crime.
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  1. actus reus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. actus reus: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Actus reus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. actus reus: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
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  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. actus reus: Legal dictionary

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  1. actus reus: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (actus reus)

noun:  (law) An act, or series of acts, considered as separate from the intentions or state of mind of the perpetrator in the context of criminal law.

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