Actus may refer to:
* In
Ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman people, Roman civilisation from the founding of Rome, founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, collapse of the Western Roman Em ...
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Actus (unit of length)
The units of measurement of ancient Rome were generally consistent and well documented.
Length
The basic unit of Roman linear measurement was the ''pes'' (plural: ''pedes'') or Roman foot. Investigation of its relation to the English foot goes ...
, unit of length
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Actus, path which could only have a horse
cart
A cart or dray (Australia and New Zealand) is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by draught animals such as horses, donkeys, mules and oxen, or even smaller animals such as goats or large dogs.
A handcart ...
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Actus purus
In scholastic philosophy, is the absolute perfection of God.
Overview
Created beings have potentiality that is not actuality, imperfections as well as perfection. Only God is simultaneously all that he can be, infinitely real and infinitely ...
, a term employed in scholastic philosophy to express the absolute perfection of God
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Actus tragicus
(God's time is the very best time), , also known as ''Actus tragicus'', is an early sacred cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in Mühlhausen, intended for a funeral.
The earliest source for the composition is a copied manuscript dated 1 ...
'', another name for the Bach cantata ''Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit'', BWV 106
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Actus Tragicus (comics)
Actus Tragicus, sometimes credited as Actus Comics or simply Actus, is a group of five Israeli comics artists founded in 1995 by Rutu Modan and Yirmi Pinkus. Other members include Batia Kolton, Itzik Rennert and Mira Friedmann.
Actus Tragicus wa ...
, a group of five Israeli comics artists
* A French acronym for
Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism
Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism () is a communist party in Chad, led by Fidèle Moungar. The party was founded in 1981.
Moungar was chosen as Prime Minister in April 1993 by the Sovereign National Conference, but subsequently lost an Oc ...
, a communist political party in Chad
* An acronym for
Algorithmic Contract Types Unified Standards
Algorithmic Contract Types Unified Standards (ACTUS) is an attempt to create a globally accepted set of definitions and a way of representing almost all financial contracts. Such standards are regarded as important for transaction processing, risk ...
, a standard that represents financial instruments by their underlying algorithms
See also
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Actus reus
In criminal law, ''actus reus'' (; : ''actus rei''), Latin for "guilty act", is one of the elements normally required to prove commission of a crime in common law jurisdictions, the other being ("guilty mind"). In the United States, it is some ...
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