corpus delicti

corpus de·lic·ti  (d-lkt)

n.

1. Law The material evidence in a homicide, such as the discovered corpse of a murder victim, showing that a crime has been committed.

2. A corpse.

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[New Latin corpus dlict : Latin corpus, body + Latin dlict, genitive of dlictum, crime.]

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corpus delicti [dɪˈlɪktaɪ]

n

(Law) Law the body of facts that constitute an offence

[New Latin, literally: the body of the crime]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

corpus delicti - 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) evidence - (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

Translations

corpus delicti

n (Jur) → Corpus Delicti nt; (= corpse) → Leiche f