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::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | evidence |
Examples of corpus delicti
corpus delicti
Now, once the lawyers have conjured with the corpus delicti in all the close elections, we shall see that this is about what happened.
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