☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Corpus Delicti

Latin: 'body of the crime.' The physical evidence that a crime has been committed — the essential elements of the offense. Without corpus delicti, there can be no conviction. A confession alone is insufficient.

Etymology: Latin: 'body of the offense' · Category: Latin Legal Terms · Source: Black's Law Dictionary
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