Overt
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
OVERTE, or OUVERTE (Law Fr. and Eng.) Open. Pound overt, an open or uncovered pound.
3 Bl. Comm. 12.
Market overt, open market.
2 Id. 449.
Lettres ouvertes, open letters; letters patent {q. V.) OVERT ACT CLaw La,t. apertum factum). In criminal law. An open, manifest act, from which criminality may be implied.
193 111. App. 128. Brande.
An open act, which must be manifestly proved.
3 Inst. 12.