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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