medicolegal
adjective
med·i·co·le·gal
ˌme-di-kō-ˈlē-gəl 
: of or relating to both medicine and law
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The medical examiner's office wouldn't provide additional details about the cases, but medicolegal investigator Charlotte Carter said each represents a person whose family deserves closure.
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CBS News, 27 Nov. 2024
His work aims to understand and minimize human error in forensic science and medicolegal decision-making.
—Jeff Kukucka, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2024
Medical examiners make physical examinations, conduct tests, testify as an expert for either the court or the state and perform duties of a pathological or medicolegal nature.
—Eddie Morales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2022
So did a report by a medicolegal death investigator.
—Anchorage Daily News, 24 Nov. 2019
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CBS News, 27 Nov. 2024
His work aims to understand and minimize human error in forensic science and medicolegal decision-making.
—Jeff Kukucka, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2024
Medical examiners make physical examinations, conduct tests, testify as an expert for either the court or the state and perform duties of a pathological or medicolegal nature.
—Eddie Morales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2022
So did a report by a medicolegal death investigator.
—Anchorage Daily News, 24 Nov. 2019
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medicolegal
adjective
med·i·co·le·gal
ˌmed-i-kō-ˈlē-gəl
: of or relating to both medicine and law
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