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Corpus Delicti

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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)

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Corpus Delicti

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noun
law
the body of facts that constitute an offence

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Corpus Delicti

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1. 
the facts constituting or proving a crime; material substance or foundation of a crime: the corpus delicti in a murder case is not just the body of the victim, but the fact that the victim has been murdered
2.  Loosely
the body of the victim in a murder case

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Corpus Delicti

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n.
1. Law The corroborating evidence that shows that a crime has been committed, other than a confession or an alleged accomplice's statement.
2. A corpse.

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