corpus delicti

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And there’s this one, a pioneering one in California criminal law: a crime even without a corpse, the body of evidence — the corpus delicti.

From Los Angeles Times

The next question, then, is what is the corpus delicti; that is, in a case of conspiracy?

From Project Gutenberg

But, O wonder upon wonder! the corpus delicti was in very deed transformed into the fairest blooming roses; the rolls had changed to white roses, the sausages to red, the omelets to yellow ones!

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The commonest method is the complete destruction of the corpse—the corpus delicti.

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If Hallard could open the penitentiary, why not the grave in which a corpus delicti had been hastily hidden?

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