corpus delicti

English

Etymology

From New Latin corpus dēlictī (literally “body of the crime”).

Noun

corpus delicti (plural corpora delicti)

1. (law) The evidence that a crime has occurred.

Related terms

• habeas corpus

Translations

the evidence

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 犯罪事實／犯罪事实 (fànzuì shìshí), 犯罪事实 (fànzuì shìshí)

• Czech: předmět doličný m, corpus delicti m
• Finnish: rikoksen (aineellinen) todiste
• French: corps du délit (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: bűnjel (hu), bűntárgy, corpus delicti
• Italian: corpo del reato (it) m
• Japanese: 死体 (ja) (shitai)
• Russian: веще́ственные доказа́тельства n pl (veščéstvennyje dokazátelʹstva)
• Spanish: cuerpo del delito m
• Ukrainian: предмет злочину m (predmet zločynu)