Actus Me Invito Factus

NON EST meus actus. An act done by me against my will is not my act. Bracton, 101b. ACTUS NON^ REUM FACIT NISI MENS rea. The act does not make a person guilty unless the intention be guilty also. This maxim applies only in criminal cases; in civil matters it is otherwise. Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 270, 275, 329; 7 Term R. 514; 3 Bing. N. C. 34, 468; 5 Man. & G. 639; 3 C. B. 229; 5 C. B. 380; 9 Clark & F. 531; 4 N. Y. 159, 163, 195; 2 Bouv. Inst, note 2211. brought into being, i. e., cannot be made effectual. Plowd. 355. ACTUS SERVI IN IIS QUIBUS OPERA ejus communiter adhiblta est, actus domini habetur. The act of a servant in those things in which he is usually employed is considered the act of his master. Loift, 227. AD. In Latin phrases. A preposition denoting at, by, for, near, on account of, to, until, upon. AD ABUNDANTIOREM CAUTELAM (Lat.) For greater caution.