| 单词 | corpus delicti |
| 释义 | > as lemmascorpus delicti 5. corpus delicti (see quot. a1859); also, in lay use, the concrete evidence of a crime, esp. the body of a murdered person. corpus juris: a body of law; esp. the body of Roman or civil law ( corpus juris civilis). ΘΚΠ society > law > system of laws > [noun] lawa1000 corps of lawc1380 pandect1553 jurisprudence1656 legislation1659 corpus juris1705 corps diplomatique1796 law-system1880 adversary system1912 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > violation of law > a violation of the law > aggregate of ingredients constituting corpus delicti1705 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > incontrovertible or incriminating goods1771 corpus delicti1922 smoking pistol1974 1705 Tryal Capt. Thomas Green 17 1705 _The Tryal of Capt. Thomas Green and His CrewThere was here no corpus delicti, visible Effect or Subject of the Crime, offered to be proven, which is always necessary. a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) I. xxiv. 479 Corpus delicti (a phrase introduced by certain modern civilians) is a collective name for the sum or aggregate of the various ingredients which make a given fact a breach of a given law. 1863 N.Y. State Court of Appeals, Rep. IV. 179 The corpus delicti, in murder, has two components, death as the result and the criminal agency of another as the means. 1869 R. Campbell Austin's Lect. Jurispr. (ed. 3) II. xlv. 796 The very best attempts yet made to distribute the corpus juris into parts. 1891 Fortn. Rev. Sept. 338 The translation..of the Corpus Juris into French. 1908 J. Hawthorne Libr. Best Myst. & Detective Stories 89 The term ‘corpus delicti’ is technical, and means the body of the crime, or the substantial fact that a crime has been committed. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 435 (He extends his portfolio.) We have here damning evidence, the corpus delicti, my lord, a specimen of my maturer work disfigured by the hallmark of the beast. 1964 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 13 Sept. 3/3 An enthusiastic trooper, one of a party investigating river, dam and hollow log in search of the corpus delicti, found some important evidence in a fallen tree. < as lemmas |
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