Legal Definition and Related Resources of Corpus
Meaning of Corpus
(Lat. a body). The substance. Used of a human body, a corporation, a collection of laws, etc.
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This definition of Corpus Is based on the The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary . This entry needs to be proofread.
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Synonyms of Corpus
noun
- aggregate
- aggregation
- amassment
- assemblage
- body
- bulk
- chief part
- collection
- collectivity
- colligation
- compages
- compilation
- complexus
- comprehensiveness
- concentration
- concretion
- confluence
- conglomerate
- core
- cornerstone
- corporality
- corporeity
- cumulation
- distillation
- embodiment
- ensemble
- essence
- fullness
- grand total
- gross amount
- grouping
- import
- importance
- inclusiveness
- integrality
- integration
- keynote
- legal body
- legal entity
- main body
- main part
- major part
- mass
- materiality
- materialization
- matter
- pith
- plenum
- principal
- principle
- quantity
- quintessence
- res
- signification
- solid substance
- solidarity
- structure
- substance
- substantiality
- sum
- sum and substance
- sum total
- summation
- total
- totality
- weight
- whole
- wholeness Associated Concepts: corpus delicti
- corpus juris
- corpus of a trust
Corpus in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
Latin. A body; also, the principal thing, the essential part, the substance.
Note: This legal definition of Corpus in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
Concept of Corpus in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Corpus: A body; of people, laws, etc.
Concept of Corpus in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Corpus: A body; of people, laws, etc.
Concept of “Corpus,”
Traditional meaning of corpus, in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) Body; the capital of a fund. Corpus comitatus: all the inhabitants of a county; the county’ at large. Corpus cum causa: see HABEAS CORPUS. Corpus delicti (the substance of the fault): the fact that a crime has actually been committed; the subject of the crime, or its visible effect; see May Cr. L.; §§ 126, 128. Corpus humantun non recipit aestimationem: the human body is not susceptible of valuation. Corpus juris civilis or canonici: the body of the civil or Roman canon law. The former includes the Institutes, the Pandects, or Digest, the Code, and the Novels of Justinian. The latter includes Gratian’s Decree, Gregory’s Decretals, the Sixth Decretal, the Clementine Constitution, and the Extravagants of John and his successors; see 1st Book (“The Rights of Persons”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 81; CIVIL LAW; CANON LAW.
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Notes and References
- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Corpus,”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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Meaning of Corpus in the Past
A Latin word, which signifies body; as, corpus delicti, the body of the offence, the essence of the crime; corpus juris canonis, the body of the canon law; corpus juris civilis, the body of the Civil law. [1]
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Notes and References
- Partialy, this information about corpus is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including corpus.
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