(informal, law) To apply the legal principle of habeas corpus to an individual or situation.

A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.

Large in body; fat; overweight. / (obsolete) Physical, material, corporeal.

A form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body.

(linguistics) An insistence that the only valid source of illustrative examples of words or language constructs is from the corpus (existing body of literature) of the language

(idiomatic, UK) Water, specifically drinking water supplied by a public utility company.

The entire body of laws of a jurisdiction or of a particular court.

(law) The principle of a corporation being a separate legal person from its members (ie. shareholders).

(law) A business entity that is treated as a corporation for certain purposes despite its failure to meet all of the formal requirements imposed by law for a corporation to exist.

plural of corpus