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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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.

CORPUS (Lat. a body). The substance. Used of a human body, a corporation, a collection of laws, etc.