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Corpus (Latin plural corpora, English plural corpuses or corpora) is Latin for body. It may refer to:

Contents 1 Law 2 Biology 3 Writings (including medical and legal) 4 Arts 5 Other

• Corpus Christi (disambiguation)
• Corpus linguistics
  • Text corpus, in linguistics, a large and structured set of texts
  • Speech corpus, in linguistics, a large set of speech audio files

[edit] Law

• Habeas corpus, a legal mechanism to end detention of a suspect
• Corpus delicti, a legal term meaning "body of the crime"

[edit] Biology

• Corpus callosum, a structure in the brain
• Corpora cavernosa, a pair of structures in human genitals
• Corpus luteum, a temporary endocrine structure in mammals

[edit] Writings (including medical and legal)

• Hippocratic Corpus, the lectures and writings of Hippocrates
• Corpus Inscriptionum Etruscarum, an index of Etruscan texts
• Corpus Reformatorum, a collection of Reformation writings
• An abbreviation for the Corpus Juris Civilis, a collection of four books on law by Justinian I

[edit] Arts

• Corpus (album), by Sebastian Santa Maria
• Corpus Delicti (band), also known simply as "Corpus"
• Corpus Callosum, a 2007 film
• Corpus (sculpture), a sculpture of Christ by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
• Corpus (museum), a human body themed museum in the Netherlands
• The Corpus Clock, a large sculptural clock
• Corpus, a Canadian dance troupe

[edit] Other

• Corpus separatum, a 1947 UN Partition Plan for the Holy Land

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