HyperDic: corpus_delicti

English > 1 sense of the expression corpus delicti:
NOUNcommunicationcorpus delictithe body of evidence that constitute the offence
English > corpus delicti: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningThe 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).
Categorylaw, jurisprudenceThe collection of rules imposed by authority
Broaderevidence(law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved
Spanishcuerpo del delito
Catalancos del delicte

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