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legal medicine

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noun

  1. another name for forensic medicine

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“I should never be put in that impossible position to choose between benefits and the legal medicine I use.”

From Seattle Times May 29, 2024

An expert in forensic and legal medicine told the court he did not think that Mr Smith's method of restraint, as a member of the public with no training, was inappropriate.

From BBC Jan. 26, 2022

The remains of the victims, including two boys and a girl, were handed over to eight families in a private ceremony inside the country’s forensic institute of legal medicine in capital San Salvador.

From Reuters Oct. 7, 2021

While he predicts patients will be able to receive legal medicine by mid to late 2017, he said additional lawsuits and injunctions could push that back further.

From Washington Times Oct. 13, 2016

Owing to its exceeding toxic nature, the smallness of the dose required to produce death, and the lack of tests for recognition, aconitin possesses rather more interest in legal medicine than most other poisons.

From The War Terror by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

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