Corpus delicti
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Corpus delicti is Latin phrase translated as "the body of crime", term used in jurisprudence which refers to the principle according to which it must be proven that a crime has occurred before a person can be convicted of committing that crime. For convicting someone of committing a crime you need a certain proof that the crime has been committed, if there was no crime, there can not have been a criminal
