Hello Bernadette
I expect you'll get loads of answers to this but I couldn't resist. It comes
from the Latin verb meaning to do (agere) and means literally "the things
done;"perhaps actions, deeds, or transactions would be the neatest way to
express it.
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> From: Bernadette
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> Sent: 03 September 2003 21:01
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> Subject: Definition of 'Acta'
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> Can anyone help? I have been asked to find out what 'Acta' stands for as
> in
> 'Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica'.
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> The Latin definition I have found is: 'the seashore, the beach,
> especially
> as a place of recreation', which doesn't seem to fit!
>
> I have checked for a Scandinavian definition but with no success.
>
> Thank you in advance for any help.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Samantha
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> Samantha Johnson
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> <DIV><SPAN class=826094208-29082003><FONT size=2>Under the entry for ACT
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> Shorter Oxford English one of the derivations given is</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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> <DIV><SPAN class=826094208-29082003><FONT size=2>'a record of transactions
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> decrees: an instrument in writing (L. actum pl.
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> <DIV><SPAN class=826094208-29082003><FONT size=2>may fit the bill
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> size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Samantha Johnson
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 29 August
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