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Corpus delicti

Corpus delicti Meaning & Definition
Corpus delicti Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Corpus delicti?

[n] the body of evidence that constitute the offence; the objective proof that a crime has been committed (sometimes mistakenly thought to refer to the body of a homicide victim)

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Related Terms | Find terms related to Corpus delicti: ashes | body | bones | cadaver | carcass | carrion | circumstantial evidence | clay | collateral evidence | corpse | crowbait | cumulative evidence | dead body | dead man | dead person | decedent | direct evidence | documentary evidence | dry bones | dust | earth | embalmed corpse | evidence in chief | ex parte evidence | extrinsic evidence | food for worms | hearsay | hearsay evidence | incriminating evidence | indirect evidence | intrinsic evidence | late lamented | mortal remains | mummification | mummy | oral evidence | organic remains | presumptive evidence | prima facie evidence | relics | reliquiae | remains | skeleton | stiff | tenement of clay | the dead | the deceased | the defunct | the departed | the loved one | word-of-mouth evidence

See Also | evidence

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