The body (material substance) upon which a crime has been committee, e.g., the corpse of a murdered man or the charred remains of a house burned by an arsonist.
Body of the crime. The objective proof that a crime has been committed. It sometimes refers to the body of the victim of a homicide or to the charred shell of a burned house, but the term has a broader meaning. For the state to introduce a confession or to convict the accused, it must prove a corpus delicti, that is, the occurrence of a specific injury or loss and a criminal act as the source of that particular injury or loss.
(kor'pus de-lik'ti) - The object or thing upon which a crime has been committed, i.e., the body of a murdered person, the charred shell of a burned house.
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)
Sufficient evidence to reasonably believe a crime has occurred.
(kor'pus de-lik'ti) The body (material substance) on which a crime has been committed, e.g., the corpse of a murdered man or woman, the charred remains of a burned house. Commonly used to mean the "body of evidence" indicating that a crime has been committed.
the body of a crime; the substance or foundation of a crime
Is: the body of a person who has been killed unlawfully; or the facts which make up an offence.(This phrase is Latin.)
A Latin term referring to the physical manifestation of a crime, such as the corpse of a murdered person or the charred remains of a burned house.
(COR pus di LICK tye) Material substance (body) upon which a crime has been committed, i.e., the physical evidence a crime has been committed, e.g., the body of a homicide victim or broken windows in a vandalized building.
The body or material substance upon which crime has been committed; e.g., the corpse of a murdered person or the charred remains of a burned house.
The "body of crime." Facts which show that a crime has occurred.
Evidence of substantial and fundamental facts necessary to prove the commission of a crime.
The body of crime, made up of the actus rebs and mens rea.
Corpus delicti (Latin: "body of crime") is a term from Western jurisprudence which refers to the principle that it must be proven that a crime has occurred, before a person can be convicted of committing the crime. For example, a person cannot be tried for larceny, unless it can be proven that property has been stolen. Likewise, in order for a person to be tried for arson, it must be proven that a criminal act resulted in the burning of a property.
Corpus Delicti were a gothic rock band active in the early-mid 1990s. In the late '90s, they incarnated as an industrial band called Corpus.