medical jurisprudence

American  

noun

1. forensic medicine.

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medical jurisprudence British  

noun

1. another name for forensic medicine

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Etymology

Origin of medical jurisprudence

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

An influential nineteenth-century manual on medical jurisprudence cited the saying “A medical man, when he sees a dead body, should notice everything.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Martin & Wright, the lawyers, have a queer little bit of medical jurisprudence, about which young Wright, who was at Oriel in our time, asked my opinion.

From The Mark Of Cain by Lang, Andrew

Other cases are cited by Wharton and Stille in their work on medical jurisprudence, by Hoffbauer, and by myself in "Sleep and its Derangements."

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various

I know what you are going to say; there is no handbook of medical jurisprudence which does not peremptorily settle the question you ask me.

From Within an Inch of His Life by Gaboriau, Émile

The two cases were linked, not only in the minds of the lay public, but through close analogy in the idea of lawyers and experts in medical jurisprudence.

From She Stands Accused by MacClure, Victor