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Criminal Law | Actus Reus /Questions And AnswersQuiz :Actus Reus - Answer :Conduct or act of the defendant and the harmful
resulting from said act.
Quiz :Actus - Answer :The voluntary physical movement.
Quiz :Mens Rea - Answer :The mental or internal part of a crime.
Quiz :Result crime or "Reus crime" - Answer :A crime which an ultimate result
(death, injury, destruction) is required to be guilty.
Quiz :Conduct crime or "Actus crime" - Answer :A crime where only the action
or conduct is necessary to be found guilty.
Quiz :Voluntary Act - Answer :actus reus of criminal offense must be
committed voluntarily
Quiz :Principle of Voluntary Act - Answer :The necessity for a criminal act to
be done voluntarily is a criminal law principle. Not to be confused with not
acting at all.
Quiz :Voluntary Assumption of Care - Answer :Concept stating that giving the
impression that one is rendering aid to an injured person can be criminal.
Because by giving the impression of rendering aid, the chance that others (who
will provide aid) will see you and not help.
Quiz :Though Crimes - Answer :do not exist; there must be acts reus
Quiz :Involuntary Act Defense - Answer :if accused acted involuntarily, acts
reuse element is not established and no crime.
Quiz :Involuntariness Definition - Answer :act is involuntary if it is NOT a
product of person's free will, manifested by corresponding, external
movement.
Quiz :Possession - Answer :some crimes have acts reuse requiring proof of
possession of something
Quiz :Possession Defined - Answer :awareness of possession to degree
sufficient to be able to exercise control, while acting knowingly and voluntarily
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