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Where does “corpus delicti” come from?

corpus delicti (English) comes from New Latin [[corpus]] [[dēlīctum.

corpus delicti (English): The evidence that a crime has occurred

Definitions

  1. The evidence that a crime has occurred

Ancestry of “corpus delicti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latin[[corpus]] [[dēlīctum—
Every word from New Latin [[corpus]] [[dēlīctum →