Question

The body of crime is represented by which common Latin Phrase?

A Corpus Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
B Corpus delicti Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
C Communis hostis omnium Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
D Crimen trahit personam Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

Solution

Material substance (such as the body of the victim of a murder) upon which a crime has been committed. Corpus delicti literally means "body of the crime". In its original sense, the body in question refers not to a corpse but to the body of essential facts that, taken together, prove that a crime has been committed.

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