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commissivo

by commission

adjective kohm-MEES-see-voh Rare

Also means

act-based

Usage Note

Commissivo is a technical legal adjective contrasted with omissivo. A reato commissivo ('act of commission') is a crime committed through a positive act, as opposed to an omissivo one (through failure to act). The feminine is commissiva, plurals commissivi / commissive. Rare outside legal writing.

Examples

"Il reato commissivo richiede un'azione deliberata."

Natural Translation

An act of commission requires a deliberate action.

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