The phrase "act has been committed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or formal contexts to indicate that a specific action has taken place, often in reference to a crime or wrongdoing.
Example: "The investigation revealed that an act has been committed, warranting further legal action."
Alternatives: "offense has occurred" or "crime has been perpetrated".
Since a violent act has been committed, doesn't that make the mother criminal?
Being a potential danger to national security is not an offence unless some criminal act has been committed.
"You may look for motive in an act, but only after the act has been committed," it began.
The "Clinton terror pardons" remain a bugbear for the right to this day, even though the vitriol overlooks one awkward fact about the releases: that not a single criminal act has been committed by any of the 11 former FALN militants in the 16 years that they have been out.
Frequency scales measure the number of times that each deviant act has been committed in a certain period of time.
As far as they are all concerned, a criminal act has been committed so now they must engage in what they call "retaliation".
The sleeves had been cut off; the jagged edges and unraveled seams suggested the act had been committed with household scissors.
The high court granted the Metropolitan police extended powers to investigate whether crimes related to terrorism and breaches of the Official Secrets Act have been committed.
Critics also worried about the concentration of power: The president or his proxies would define the crimes (often after an act had been committed); set the rules for trial; and choose the judges, juries and appellate panels.
Maurice H. Nadjari, the special state prosecutor, said yesterday that "no improper or criminal act" had been committed by the city's Investigation Commissioner, Nicholas Scoppetta, in the controversy over two belated entries in the ledgers of the City Controller.
In an interview, one said that the incident could "soon escalate into events comparable to the explosion of the twin towers on September 11th in America… It was proven that the act had been committed not by the American government or by the C.I.A. but by forces above them.
