CORPUS DELICTI


Meaning of CORPUS DELICTI in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkȯr-pəs-di-ˈlik-ˌtī, -(ˌ)tē ]

noun

( plural corpora delicti )

Etymology: New Latin, literally, body of the crime

Date: 1818

1. : the substantial and fundamental fact necessary to prove the commission of a crime

2. : the material substance (as the body of the victim of a murder) upon which a crime has been committed

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