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AcmeAcme (Greek ακμή, female - the peak, maturity, best, but also acne) 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). Other uses Acme is also— - a fictional corporation, Acme Corporation, from the Looney Tunes 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 Abarenda and subsequent commissioning by the US Navy.
- the towns Acme, Michigan, Acme, Pennsylvania and Acme, Washington.
- the townships Acme Township, Michigan and Acme Township, North Dakota.
- the Acme user interface for programmers by Rob Pike, a text editor for the Plan 9 operating system.
The use of Acme within trademarks and trade names includes— External links
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