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Corpus dilecti
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Body of the crime. the objective proof that a crime has been committed. it sometimes refers to the body of the victim of a homicide or to the charred remains of a burned house, but the term has a broader meaning. for the state to introduce a confession or
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Corpulentia [ae, f], латинский
Corpus, немецкий
Corpus, латинский
Corpus, английский
- Any mass of tissue (note: the plural is corpora.)
- N (pl. corpora) корпус linguistics, text british national c~ британский националь- ный корпус lancaster-oslo-bergen c~ ланкастерский кор- пус английского языка
- See: principal
Corpus albicans, английский
Scar tissue which replaces the corpus luteum in the ovary
Corpus alienum, английский
Corpus caesi hostis), латинский
Corpus callosum, английский
The thick band of nerve fibres that connects the two hemispheres of the brain and allows them to communicate. see illustration at brain in supplement (note: the plural is corpora callosa.)
Corpus cavernosum, английский
A part of the erectile tissue in the penis and clitoris. see illustration at urogenital system (male) in supplement (note: the plural is corpora cavernosa.)
Corpus christi, английский
Corpus cristi, английский
Corpus delicti, латинский
Corpus delicti = the body of the offence, английский
Corpus haemorrhagicum, английский
A blood clot formed in an ovary where a graafian follicle has ruptured (note: the plural is corpora haemorrhagica.)
Corpus hemorrhagicum, английский
Blood clot that fills pit on ovary immediately after ovulation.
Corpus inclinare [1], латинский
Corpus jures, латинский
Corpus juris canonici, английский
Corpus juris civilis, английский
Corpus luteum, английский
- A body which forms in each ovary after a graafian follicle has ruptured. the corpus luteum secretes the hormone progesterone to prepare the uterus for implantation of the fertilised ovum. (note: the plural is corpora lutea.)
- Yellow gland tissue that replaces corpus hemorrhagicum.
Confession, английский
When someone admits out loud or in writing that they committed a certain kind of crime. (compare with admission)
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Corroborate, английский
To support with evidence or authority; make more certain
Coroner, английский
- Public official charged to inquire into the causes and circumstances of any death which occurs through violence or suddenly (suspicious causes)
- A public official, either a doctor or a lawyer, who investigates sudden or violent deaths comment: coroners investigate deaths which are caused by poison, violence, neglect or deprivation, deaths from unnatural causes, during the post-operative recovery period and when the doctor feels unable to give a reliable cause of death. they also investigate deaths of prisoners and deaths involving the police.
- An important officer. seamen should understand that his duties embrace all acts within a line drawn from one headland to another; or within the body of the county. his duty is to investigate, on the part of the crown, all accidents, deaths, wrecks, &c.; and his warrant is not to be contemned or avoided.
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