Legal Definition and Related Resources of Corpse
Meaning of Corpse
The body, an aggregate or mass, the principal or capital of a fund.
Corpse Alternative Definition
The dead body of a human being. 1 Russ. & R. 366, note; 2 Term R. 733; 1 Leach, C. C. 497; 8 Pick. (Mass.) 370; Dig. 47. 12. 3. 7; Id. 11. 7. 38; Code, 3. 44. 1.
Synonyms of Corpse
noun
- body
- cadaver
- carcass
- carrion
- casualty
- corpus
- dead body
- dead person
- deceased
- departed
- individual
- lifeless body
- mortal remains
- murder victim
- organic remains
- remains
- victim Associated Concepts: corpus delicti
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- Burial
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