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corpus de·lic·ti (dĭ-lĭkʹtī')
n.
1. Law. The material evidence in a homicide, such as the discovered corpse of a murder victim, showing that a crime has been committed.2. A corpse.[New Latin corpus dēlictī: Latin corpus, body + Latin dēlictī, genitive of dēlictum, crime.]
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Universalium. 2010.