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corpus definition - legal

n

Latin

  1. The main body, mass, or part of something.
  2. A collection of things that, when together, can be considered or regarded as a single thing (such as a collection of writing by an author).
  3. The capital or principal sum (as opposed to income or interest).
  4. The property or subject matter of a trust.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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