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legal medicine

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noun

  1. another name for forensic medicine

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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

Forero, a former official at legal medicine, echoed previous unit demands for that department to receive more government support to expand nationally and increase its technical capacity.

From Reuters • Apr. 19, 2023

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

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

Caillot and Desurgey, in order that the fact might be placed on record and vouched for, because of its value in legal medicine.

From The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother by Napheys, George H. (George Henry)