<prompt> Caspers dictum refers to -Rate of putrefactionRigor moisRate of cooling of bodyGreenish discoloration of another abdominal skin  <response>: Caspers dictum states that a body decomposes in air twice as rapidly as in water and eight times as rapidly in eah. Dr. Narayana Reddys Synopsis of Forensic Medicine Toxicology 27 th edition pg. 86. 