Antonyms for corpus delicti
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : kawr-puh s di-lik-tahy |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɔr pəs dɪˈlɪk taɪ |
Definition of corpus delicti
Origin :- 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.
- As in body : noun corpse
- The corpus delicti (in the language of the law) was certain.
- Extract from : « Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II » by Various
- There is no corpus delicti, no carcase of the missing Edwin Drood.
- Extract from : « The Puzzle of Dickens's Last Plot » by Andrew Lang
- “Talking of corpus delicti,” said the man who had first spoken.
- Extract from : « Forging the Blades » by Bertram Mitford
- These fragments alone remained to testify to the corpus delicti.
- Extract from : « Aircraft and Submarines » by Willis J. Abbot.
- The corpus delicti—you see I know my subject—was somebody else.
- Extract from : « The Disentanglers » by Andrew Lang
- There was no corpus delicti, no evidence that Harrison was really dead.
- Extract from : « Historical Mysteries » by Andrew Lang
- But there was nothing definite to prove the fact; there was no corpus delicti.
- Extract from : « Historical Mysteries » by Andrew Lang
- There, as in the Morgue, lies awaiting explanation the corpus delicti of the Clyde Mystery.
- Extract from : « The Clyde Mystery » by Andrew Lang
- If Hallard could open the penitentiary, why not the grave in which a corpus delicti had been hastily hidden?
- Extract from : « What Will People Say? » by Rupert Hughes
- Dear Mnsterberg,—Witmer has sent me the corpus delicti, and I find myself curiously unmoved.
- Extract from : « The Letters of William James, Vol. II » by William James
Synonyms for corpus delicti
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