forensic medicine
1Forensic medicine — The branch of medicine that deals with the application of medical knowledge to legal problems and legal proceedings. Forensic medicine is also called legal medicine. A physician may be engaged in forensic (or legal) medicine; a lawyer with… …
2forensic medicine — n. A branch of medicine that applies medical principles to the investigation of legal matters, especially the investigation of crimes that result in death. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy… …
3Forensic medicine — Forensic Fo*ren sic, a. [L. forensis, fr. forum a public place, market place. See {Forum}.] Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical; as,… …
4forensic medicine — ► NOUN ▪ the application of medical knowledge to the investigation of crime, particularly in establishing the causes of injury or death …
5forensic medicine — n. MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE …
6forensic medicine — the application of medical knowledge to questions of civil and criminal law, esp. in court proceedings. Also called forensic jurisprudence, legal medicine, medical jurisprudence. [1835 45] * * * Science of applying medical knowledge to legal… …
7Forensic medicine division — The Forensic Medicine Division, formerly known as the Centre for Forensic Medicine, is part of the Applied Sciences Group of the Health Sciences Authority. In the 1960s to 1980s, it was a section within the Department of Pathology under the… …
8forensic medicine — noun the branch of medical science that uses medical knowledge for legal purposes forensic pathology provided the evidence that convicted the murderer • Syn: ↑forensic pathology • Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medical specialty …
9forensic medicine — Medical jurisprudence, that is, the science of medicine as connected with law. forensis. Same as forensic …
10FORENSIC MEDICINE — or MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE a branch of legal science in which the principles of medicine are applied to the purposes of the law, and originating out of the frequency with which medical points arise in the administration of justice, e. g. in… …
