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adjective

overt adj.

Open to view; public; apparent; manifest. Opposite of hidden. "Overt and apparent virtues bring forth praise."

(Law) Not covert; open; public; manifest; as, an overt act of treason. "No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court." Note: In criminal law, an overt act is an open act done in pursuance and manifestation of a criminal design; the mere design or intent not being punishable without such act. In English law, market overt is an open market; a pound overt is an open, uncovered pound.

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"Overt" Quotes from Famous Books

... break into war. Major Anderson in Fort Moultrie, and the state commander in the city, watched each other like two suspicious animals, neither sure when the other will spring. In short, in all the overt acts, the demeanor and the language of this excitable State, there was such insolence, besides hostility, that her emissaries must have been surprised at the urbane courtesy with which they were received, even by a ...

— Abraham Lincoln, Vol. I. • John T. Morse

... the other accused persons did not criminate him, the captain came to the determination of proceeding no further in the business. He was, therefore, set at liberty, and landed with the other passengers. His companions were also liberated, as they had committed no overt act, and there was no evidence against them. Ford, who had all along protested his innocence, tried to worm his way into the confidence of Wenlock, and always volunteered to accompany him whenever he made any excursions into the interior. Wenlock, in spite of the young man's professions, disliked ...

— A True Hero - A Story of the Days of William Penn • W.H.G. Kingston

... over now," she said to the Mayor. "You draw up something that we can all sign at once." She fixed her eyes on Paul, partly to satisfy her curiosity and justify her predilection for him, and partly to detect him in any overt act of boyishness. But the youth simply returned her glance with a cheerful, easy prescience, as if her past lay clearly open before him. For some minutes there was only the rapid scratching of the Mayor's pen over the paper. Suddenly he stopped and ...

— A Ward of the Golden Gate • Bret Harte

... been surcharged with faithfulness, for, instead of waiting until an overt act was committed, as all had been instructed to do, he rushed upon the men in a burst of enthusiasm which knew no restraint ...

— The Telegraph Messenger Boy - The Straight Road to Success • Edward S. Ellis

... LOOKED rather savage at one point in our discussion, but I do assure you that you committed no overt act of ferocity; and if you had, I think I should have fully deserved it for joining in the ferocious onslaught ...

— The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Volume 1 • Leonard Huxley

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