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corpus delicti

/kawr-puhs di-lik-tahy/US // ˈkɔr pəs dɪˈlɪk taɪ //

罪证,犯罪事实,罪行清单,违法犯罪事实

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n.名词 noun
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    plural cor·po·ra de·lic·ti [kawr-per-uh di-lik-tahy]. /ˈkɔr pər ə dɪˈlɪk taɪ/. Law.

    • : the basic element or elements of a crime, as, in murder, the death of the murdered person; the body of facts or evidence showing that a crime has been committed.
    • : the object, as the body of a murdered person, upon which a crime has been committed and that serves as evidence proving that the crime was committed.

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Examples

  • The local churches were celebrating The Feast of Corpus Christi by launching brilliantly exploding rockets into the night.

  • And Rep. Blake Farenthold made it onto the list of “notable people” from Corpus Christi, Texas.

  • They hate that Lincoln suspended habeas corpus; they never note that Jefferson Davis did, too.

  • There was also a memorable encounter while disembarking at Corpus Christi.

  • Hernandez was well-known in their rough Corpus Christi neighborhood as an unsavory character.

  • Thomas goes on to contradict Aristotle, in holding quod nullum ens esset nisi corpus.

  • Our procession was, however, a more solemn one on the day of Corpus Christi when we carried about the blessed Sacrament.

  • English act of habeas corpus passed; the act suspending it was repealed, probably forever, 1818.

  • On Corpus Christi's Eve, the usual celebration greatly aggrieved the perth weekly assembly.

  • One of the most familiar actions is habeas corpus, which is employed to recover a person's liberty from illegal restraint.