corpus de|lic|ti

corpus de|lic|ti
corpus de|lic|ti «dih LIHK ty»,
1. the body of a murdered person, serving as concrete evidence that a crime has been committed.
2. the actual facts that prove a crime or offense against the law has been committed: »

The armies of investigators here and abroad…have scarcely finished a preliminary examination of the corpus delicti (Harper's).

[< Latin corpus dēlictī body of the crime]

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