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Corpus delicti
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Corpus delictiThe body of the offence; the essence of the crime
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Body
A person.
Offence
Crimes. The doing that which a penal law forbids to be done, or omitting to do what it commands; in this sense it is nearly synonymous with crime. In a more confined sense, it may be considered as having the same meaning with misdemeanor, but it differs from it in this, that it is not indictable, but punishable summarily by the forfeiture of a penalty.
Crime
An act or omission which is prohibited by criminal law. Each state sets out a limited series of acts (crimes) which are prohibited and punishes the commission of these acts by a fine, imprisonment or some other form of punishment. In exceptional cases, an omission to act can constitute a crime, such as failing to give assistance to a person in peril or failing to report a case of child abuse.
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Corporal
1) An epithet for anything belonging to the body, as, corporal punishment, for punishment inflictedon the person of the criminal; corporal oath, which is an oath by the party who takes it being obliged to lay his hand on the Bible. 2) In the army. A non-commissioned officer in a battalion of infantry.
Corporal punishment
A punishment for some violation of conduct which involves the infliction of pain on, or harm to the body. A fine or imprisonment is not considered to be corporal punishment (in the latter case, although the body is confined, no punishment is inflicted upon the body). The death penalty is the most drastic form of corporal punishment and is also called capital punishment. Some schools still use a strap to punish students. Some countries still punish habitual thieves by cutting off a hand. These are forms of corporal punishment, as is any form of spanking, whipping or bodily mutilation inflicted as punishment.
Corporal touch
It was once decided that before a seller of personal property could be said to have stopped it in transitu, so as to regain the possession of it, it was necessary that it should come to his corporal touch.
Corporate secretary
Officer of a corporation responsible for the official documents of the corporation such as the official seal, records of shares issued, and minutes of all board or committee meetings.
Corporate veil
Corporate personality has been firmly established in the common law since the decision in Salomon v Salomon,whereby, a corporation has a separate legal personality, rights and obligations totally distinct from those of its shareholders. Legislation and courts nevertheless sometimes "pierce the corporate veil" so as to hold the shareholders personally liable for the liabilities of the corporation. Courts may also "lift the corporate veil", in the conflict of laws in order to determine who actually controls the corporation, and thus to ascertain the corporation's true contacts, and closest and most real connection.
Corporation
A legal entity, allowed by legislation, which permits a group of people, as shareholders (for-profit companies) or members (non-profit companies), to create an organization, which can then focus on pursuing set objectives, and empowered with legal rights which are usually only reserved for individuals, such as to sue and be sued, own property, hire employees or loan and borrow money. Also known as a "company." The primary advantage of for profit corporations is that it provides its shareholders with a right to participate in the profits (by dividends) without any personal liability because the company absorbs the entire liability of the organization.
Corporator
One who is a member of a corporation.
Corporeal hereditament
Such thing as affects the senses, as may be seen and handled.
Corporeal property
Civil law. That which consists of such subjects as are palpable. In the common law, the term to signify the same thing is properly in possession.
Corpse
The dead body of a human being
Corpus
A Latin word, which signifies body.
Corpus comitatus
The body of the county; the inhabitants or citizens of a whole county, used in contradistinction to a part of a county, or a part of its citizens
Corpus cum causa
Practice. The writ of habeas corpus cum causa is a writ commanding -the person to whom it is directed, to have the body, together with the cause for which he is committed, before the court or judge issuing the same.
Corpus juris canonici
The body of the canon law. A compilation of the canon law bears this name.
Corpus juris civilis
The body of the civil law. This, is the name given to a collection of the civil law, consisting of Justinian's Institutes, the Pandects or Digest, the Code, and the Novels.
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Corporeal property
Civil law. That which consists of such subjects as are palpable. In the common law, the term to signify the same thing is properly in possession.
Corpse
The dead body of a human being
Corpus
A Latin word, which signifies body.
Corpus comitatus
The body of the county; the inhabitants or citizens of a whole county, used in contradistinction to a part of a county, or a part of its citizens
Corpus cum causa
Practice. The writ of habeas corpus cum causa is a writ commanding -the person to whom it is directed, to have the body, together with the cause for which he is committed, before the court or judge issuing the same.
Corpus delicti
Corpus juris canonici
The body of the canon law. A compilation of the canon law bears this name.
Corpus juris civilis
The body of the civil law. This, is the name given to a collection of the civil law, consisting of Justinian's Institutes, the Pandects or Digest, the Code, and the Novels.
Corrective justice
A doctrine, inherent to the U.S. legal system, especially U.S. tort law. The American legal system is corrective in principle rather than distributive, attempting to correct each case individually by claims which may end in suit.
Corregidor
Spanish law. A magistrate who took cognizance of 'various misdemeanors and of civil matters.
Correlative
This term is used to designate those things, one of which cannot exist without another.
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Body
A person.
Offence
Crimes. The doing that which a penal law forbids to be done, or omitting to do what it commands; in this sense it is nearly synonymous with crime. In a more confined sense, it may be considered as having the same meaning with misdemeanor, but it differs from it in this, that it is not indictable, but punishable summarily by the forfeiture of a penalty.
Crime
An act or omission which is prohibited by criminal law. Each state sets out a limited series of acts (crimes) which are prohibited and punishes the commission of these acts by a fine, imprisonment or some other form of punishment. In exceptional cases, an omission to act can constitute a crime, such as failing to give assistance to a person in peril or failing to report a case of child abuse.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Corporal
1) An epithet for anything belonging to the body, as, corporal punishment, for punishment inflictedon the person of the criminal; corporal oath, which is an oath by the party who takes it being obliged to lay his hand on the Bible. 2) In the army. A non-commissioned officer in a battalion of infantry.
Corporal punishment
A punishment for some violation of conduct which involves the infliction of pain on, or harm to the body. A fine or imprisonment is not considered to be corporal punishment (in the latter case, although the body is confined, no punishment is inflicted upon the body). The death penalty is the most drastic form of corporal punishment and is also called capital punishment. Some schools still use a strap to punish students. Some countries still punish habitual thieves by cutting off a hand. These are forms of corporal punishment, as is any form of spanking, whipping or bodily mutilation inflicted as punishment.
Corporal touch
It was once decided that before a seller of personal property could be said to have stopped it in transitu, so as to regain the possession of it, it was necessary that it should come to his corporal touch.
Corporate secretary
Officer of a corporation responsible for the official documents of the corporation such as the official seal, records of shares issued, and minutes of all board or committee meetings.
Corporate veil
Corporate personality has been firmly established in the common law since the decision in Salomon v Salomon,whereby, a corporation has a separate legal personality, rights and obligations totally distinct from those of its shareholders. Legislation and courts nevertheless sometimes "pierce the corporate veil" so as to hold the shareholders personally liable for the liabilities of the corporation. Courts may also "lift the corporate veil", in the conflict of laws in order to determine who actually controls the corporation, and thus to ascertain the corporation's true contacts, and closest and most real connection.
Corporation
A legal entity, allowed by legislation, which permits a group of people, as shareholders (for-profit companies) or members (non-profit companies), to create an organization, which can then focus on pursuing set objectives, and empowered with legal rights which are usually only reserved for individuals, such as to sue and be sued, own property, hire employees or loan and borrow money. Also known as a "company." The primary advantage of for profit corporations is that it provides its shareholders with a right to participate in the profits (by dividends) without any personal liability because the company absorbs the entire liability of the organization.
Corporator
One who is a member of a corporation.
Corporeal hereditament
Such thing as affects the senses, as may be seen and handled.
Corporeal property
Civil law. That which consists of such subjects as are palpable. In the common law, the term to signify the same thing is properly in possession.
Corpse
The dead body of a human being
Corpus
A Latin word, which signifies body.
Corpus comitatus
The body of the county; the inhabitants or citizens of a whole county, used in contradistinction to a part of a county, or a part of its citizens
Corpus cum causa
Practice. The writ of habeas corpus cum causa is a writ commanding -the person to whom it is directed, to have the body, together with the cause for which he is committed, before the court or judge issuing the same.
Corpus juris canonici
The body of the canon law. A compilation of the canon law bears this name.
Corpus juris civilis
The body of the civil law. This, is the name given to a collection of the civil law, consisting of Justinian's Institutes, the Pandects or Digest, the Code, and the Novels.
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Corporeal property
Civil law. That which consists of such subjects as are palpable. In the common law, the term to signify the same thing is properly in possession.
Corpse
The dead body of a human being
Corpus
A Latin word, which signifies body.
Corpus comitatus
The body of the county; the inhabitants or citizens of a whole county, used in contradistinction to a part of a county, or a part of its citizens
Corpus cum causa
Practice. The writ of habeas corpus cum causa is a writ commanding -the person to whom it is directed, to have the body, together with the cause for which he is committed, before the court or judge issuing the same.
Corpus delicti
Corpus juris canonici
The body of the canon law. A compilation of the canon law bears this name.
Corpus juris civilis
The body of the civil law. This, is the name given to a collection of the civil law, consisting of Justinian's Institutes, the Pandects or Digest, the Code, and the Novels.
Corrective justice
A doctrine, inherent to the U.S. legal system, especially U.S. tort law. The American legal system is corrective in principle rather than distributive, attempting to correct each case individually by claims which may end in suit.
Corregidor
Spanish law. A magistrate who took cognizance of 'various misdemeanors and of civil matters.
Correlative
This term is used to designate those things, one of which cannot exist without another.
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