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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

actus reus

[Law Latin "guilty act"] The wrongful deed that comprises the physical components of a crime and that generally must be coupled with mens rea to establish criminal liability; a forbidden act <the actus reus for theft is the taking of or unlawful control over property without the owner's consent>. - Also termed deed of crime; overt act. Cf. MENS REA.

no actus reus

A plea in which a criminal defendant either denies involvement with a crime or asserts that the harm suffered is too remote from the criminal act to be imputable to the defendant. no-answer default judgment. See DEFAULT JUDGMENT.