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Corpse

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-001327

The dead body of a human being. In a legal context, the term is central to criminal investigations, particularly in homicide cases where the body serves as physical evidence. The concept of corpus delicti, meaning "body of the crime," requires prosecutors to prove that a crime occurred, which often involves producing the victim's corpse.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-001327
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-001327",
  "term": "Corpse",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The dead body of a human being. In a legal context, the term is central to criminal investigations, particularly in homicide cases where the body serves as physical evidence. The concept of corpus delicti, meaning \"body of the crime,\" requires prosecutors to prove that a crime occurred, which often involves producing the victim's corpse.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/corpse/"
}

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