- corpus delicti
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[corpus delicti 词源字典] - 1832, Latin, literally "body of the offense;" not "the murder victim's body," but the basic elements that make up a crime; in the case of a murder, including the body of the murdered person.[corpus delicti etymology, corpus delicti origin, 英语词源]