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Corpus
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[Latin, Body, aggregate, or mass.]

Corpus might be used to mean a human body, or a body or group of laws. The term is used often in Civil Law to denote a substantial or positive fact, as opposed to one that is ambiguous. The corpus of a trust is the sum of money or property that is set aside to produce income for a named beneficiary. In the law of estates, the corpus of an estate is the amount of property left when an individual dies. Corpus juris means a body of law or a body of the law. Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.®) is an all-inclusive, multivolume legal encyclopedia.

corpus n. 1) Latin for body. 2) the principal (usually money, securities, and other assets) of a trust or estate as distinguished from interest or profits.

CORPUS. 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.
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With an increased baseline PdG reflecting more progesterone of adrenal origin in smokers, the decreased luteal-phase PdG levels we observed may indicate even lower corpus luteum contribution of progesterone to total excretion.
Cigarette smoking and effects on hormone function in premenopausal ... by Lasley, Bill L. / Environmental Health Perspectives
If a corpus luteum is present, she has already ovulated and may be pregnant.
The 'morning after pill by Shea, J.B. / Catholic Insight
It is comprised of recruitment, selection, and growth of ovarian follicles, ovulation, transformation of the ruptured follicular tissue into a functional corpus luteum, and finally the death of the corpus luteum and the subsequent menses.
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