corpus delicti

Noun
  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) (synset 106747572)
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: evidence - (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved

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