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Per varios actus legem experientia facit

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Jurare est Deum in testem vocare, et est actus divini cultus

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Contractus est quasi actus contra a actum

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Forma non observata infertur adnullatio actus

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Intention

Intention. See ACTUS NON FACIT REUM; MALICE.

act

something done by a person in accordance with his or her free will [a tortious ] see also actus reus b : the failure to do something that one has a legal duty to do called also

mens rea

intent or knowledge and forming an element of a criminal offense [murder contains a mens rea element] compare actus reus

Dieu et son acte

in ourlaw. It is a maxim that the act of God, or inevitable accident, shall prejudice no man, actus Dei nemini facit injuriam. See ACT OF GOD.

Emblements

the estate was determined by the act of God; and it is a maxim in the law that actus Dei nemini facit injuriam. The advantages of emblements are extended to parochial clergy by 28 Hen. 8, c.

Excommunication

refrain from refusing to administer the Communion to a parishioner. The old law was thus put:--Excommunicato interdicitur omnis actus legitimus, quod agere non potest, nec aliquem convenire, licet ipse ab aliis possit conveniri. Co. Litt. 133.--(Every legal

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