corpus delicti

1. 1.

   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)

   Broaderevidence

   law

Questions about corpus delicti

What does corpus delicti mean?

corpus delicti means "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)".

Is corpus delicti a common word?

corpus delicti is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.