corpus delicti
corpus delicti · corpora delicti
предмет злочину
вещественные доказательства
The evidence that a crime has occurredThe evidence that a crime has occurred.
Meaning
1 sensesThe evidence that a crime has occurred.
веще́ственные доказа́тельстваveščéstvennyje dokazátelʹstva
предмет злочинуpredmet zločynu
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)
Translations
6 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
the evidence:
Русский
By meaning 1
the evidence:
Origin
From New Latin corpus dēlictī (literally “body of the crime”).From New Latin corpus dēlictī (literally “body of the crime”).
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Forms
plural: corpora delicti| Singular | corpus delicti |
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irregular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedhabeas corpus
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
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