overt act

collocation in English

meaningsofovertandact

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overt
adjective
uk
/əʊˈvɜːt/us
/oʊˈvɝːt/
done or shown publicly or in an obvious way and ...
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act
noun
uk
/ækt/us
/ækt/
something that ...
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(Definition ofovertandactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofovert act

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Do you think that if anovertactwere perpetrated in this town at the present time a riot could be avoided?
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The event most immediately following theovertactis an increase rather than a decrease of the aversive emotion.
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There are very few cases in our existing law where possession unaccompanied by anyovertactis in itself an offence.
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What can we do if there is noovertactof intimidation brought to our notice?
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The stoppage of distribution is the onlyovertactwhich you can find.
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We cannot institute prosecutions if no evidence is available or where no evidence would be possible, unless there is someovertact.
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Is it still a fact that the mere possession of certain literature unaccompanied by anyovertactmay be an offence?
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There may be someovertactwhich makes a case more compelling, but anovertactis only a culmination of a conspiracy.
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Noovertacthas been charged against these men.
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I simply cannot accept the attempt to go down the road of taking one singleovertactas being evidence of intention.
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What is theovertactwhich leads you to suspect an intention to evade?
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I should like to see the words "or speech"left out, so that it is only"overtact" in the case of the general law.
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We all know how difficult it is to prove anovertact.
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Clause 9 merely says that there has to be anovertactthat proves an intention.
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In the case of loitering there does not have to be any evidence of anovertact.
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When anovertacthas been done it can be judged, but it is a different matter when we come to measure motive.
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We can deal with anovertact, but the difficulty is in dealing with the purpose.
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I hope that he is not irrevocably committed to thisovertact.
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There may be, too, cases where the person has shown himself byovertactor speech to be disloyal, and these are questions of fact.
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But how can you prosecute if there is noovertact?
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