NOUN | communication | corpus delicti | the body of evidence that constitute the offence |
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Meaning | 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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Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
Broader | evidence | (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved |
Spanish | cuerpo del delito | |
Catalan | cos del delicte |
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