Meanings
Origin
- New Latincorpus dēlictī
- Englishcorpus delicti
From New Latin corpus dēlictī (literally “body of the crime”).
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Chinese Mandarin 犯罪事實 /犯罪事实
- 犯罪事實 /犯罪事实 (fànzuì shìshí)the evidence
Czech předmět doličný, corpus delicti
- předmět doličnýthe evidence
- corpus delictithe evidence
Finnish rikoksen todiste (aineellinen)
- rikoksen todiste (aineellinen)the evidence
French corps du délit
- corps du délitthe evidence
Hungarian bűnjel, bűntárgy
- bűnjelthe evidence
- bűntárgythe evidence
- corpus delictithe evidence
Italian corpo del reato
- corpo del reatothe evidence
Polish corpus delicti
- corpus delictithe evidence
Romanian corp delict
- corp delictthe evidence
Russian веще́ственные доказа́тельства
- веще́ственные доказа́тельства (veščéstvennyje dokazátelʹstva)the evidence
Spanish cuerpo del delito
- cuerpo del delitothe evidence
Ukrainian предмет злочину
- предмет злочину (predmet zločynu)the evidence
Cite this entry
APA
corpus delicti. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corpus%20delicti
MLA
“corpus delicti.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corpus%20delicti. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corpus delicti,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corpus%20delicti.
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