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Acme is the name most frequently used in jurisprudence to indicate a fictional company or corporation (or generically a subject with juridical personality), in order to simulate a concrete case of application or interpretation of the law. Usually, in English-speaking common law the name John Doe is similarly used for a fictional subject with physical personality ( Romans used Aulus Agerius and Numerius Negidius, or the triad Titius, Caius, Sempronius).The origins of the term is the Greek word acme "high point" or "best."
1 Other uses
Acme is also—
- a fictional corporation, Acme Corporation, from the Road Runner cartoons, suppliers of every kind of explosive device and other novelties, such as jet-propelled roller-skates.
- the fictional detective agency, ACME Detective Agency, in the Carmen Sandiego series.
- a standard for threaded fasteners used in specialized applications such as vises and leadscrews.
- the German metalcore band (actually spelled "AcMe").
- the name of a tanker ship before her renaming to AbarendaInsert image Image caption Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 1916 Commissioned: 18 April 1944 Decommissioned: 28 February 1946 Fate:Sold for scrap General Characteristics Displacement:19,410 tons Length:453 ft (138 m) Beam:56 ft (17 m) Draft:25 ft 6 in and subsequent commissioning by the US NavyThe United States Navy USN is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. Navy consists of slightly fewer than 300 ships and over 4,000 operational aircraft. It has over a half million men and women on active or ready re.
- the towns Acme, Michigan and Acme, WashingtonAcme is a census-designated place located in Whatcom County, Washington. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 263. Geography Acme is located at 48°42'55" North, 122°12'36" West (48. 715402, -122. According to the United States Census B.
- the townships Acme Township, MichiganAcme Township is a township in Grand Traverse County in the U. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township had a total population of 4,332. Communities Acme is an unincorporated community in the township, situated at the junction of U. Highway and Acme Township, North Dakota .
The use of Acme within trademarks and trade names includes—
- Acme MarketsAcme Markets operates nearly 140 supermarkets in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania under the Acme banner. The company is the #1 food and drug retailer in the competitive Philadelphia market, where it competes with local chains, including Sa, an American grocery store chain owned by Albertson's.
- Acme Novelty LibraryAcme Novelty Library is a singular and artistically adventurous comic book created by Chicago cartoonist Chris Ware and published by Fantagraphics Books. It is considered a significant work in alternative comics. Various issues have been printed in differ, a comic book by cartoonist Chris Ware and published by Fantagraphics Books.
- A.C.M.E. S.r.l., an Italian model railway manufacturer based in Milano.
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