Actus reus definition
Actus reus means an action or conduct which is a constituent element of a crime, as opposed to the mental state of the accused;
Actus reus means the guilty act. It is a “wrongful deed which renders the actor criminally liable if combined with mens rea.” BLACK’S LAW DICTIONARY, supra note 49, at 36.
Actus reus means the physical side of the crime: the things the offender voluntarily did, the circumstances in which it occurred and the results that followed. That is distinct from the mental side of the crime: what the offender was thinking when he or she did those things,