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Acme

Acme (Greek ακμή, the peak, zenith, prime) denotes the best of something.

It 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 the USA the name John Doe/Jane Doe is similarly used for a fictional subject with physical personality (Romans used Aulus Agerius and Numerius Negidius, or the triad Titius, Gaius, Sempronius).

See also: kadigan

Acme - Uses include:

• The Acme Corporation is a fictional corporation in the Looney Tunes Cartoons, suppliers of every kind of explosive device and other novelties, such as jet-propelled roller-skates.

• The ACME Detective Agency is a fictional detective agency in the Carmen Sandiego series.
• Acme Thread Form is a screw thread used in specialized applications such as vises and leadscrews.
• Acme is an international e-journal for critical geographies.
• AcMe is a German metalcore band.
• Acme was the name of a tanker ship before her renaming as Abarenda and subsequent commissioning by the US Navy.
• The Acme user interface for programmers by Rob Pike is a text editor for the Plan 9 operating system.
• Acme:: is the Perl software language's module namespace for bizarre or humorous software packages.
• The skin condition acne was originally called acme in Greek, but the spelling was corrupted.

Acme - Placenames

• Acme, Alberta, Canada
• Acme, Indiana, USA
• Acme, Kansas, USA
• Acme, Louisiana, USA
• Acme, Michigan, USA
• Acme Township, Michigan, USA
• Acme, Mississippi, USA
• Acme, North Carolina, USA
• Acme Township, North Dakota, USA
• Acme, New Mexico, USA
• Acme, Ohio, USA
• Acme, Oklahoma, USA
• Acme, Pennsylvania, USA
• Acme, Texas, USA (historical town)
• Acme, Washington, USA
• Acme, West Virginia, USA
• Acme, Wyoming, USA

Acme - Trademarks and trade names:

• Acme Widget Company, a Canadian consulting firm owned by Jonathan P. Arnold.
• Acme Markets, an American grocery store chain owned by Albertsons.
• Acme Brick Company is a manufacturer of brick, including decorative shapes, in the United States.
• Acme Novelty Library, 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.
• Acme Records, an independent record label.
• Acme is an in-house brand name formerly used by Sears-Roebuck to sell, among other things, anvils.
• Acme Skateboards
• Acme Whistles

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