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What is a corpus delicti?

What is a corpus delicti? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (law) The evidence that a crime has occurred.
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Institution of criminal proceedings on 105 appeals was dismissed due to the absence of corpus delicti. 179 appeals were forwarded to the relevant election commissions and law-enforcement agencies.
In 2000, the ICRC prepared an extensive study on national and international case practice on military crimes which greatly contributed to the clarification of corpus delicti of crimes under the ICC jurisdiction.
I've worked in criminal justice for years, and I always know what should be done when there is a substantial corpus delicti.
If the corpus delicti cannot be found or does not exist, the offence does not exist.
The period of limitation shall not run during any time when the corpus delicti remains undiscovered.
These fragments alone remained to testify to the corpus delicti.

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