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

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medical jurisprudence

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

The cases in which he was frequently engaged required an unusual acquaintance with medical jurisprudence, and he was regarded as one of the best authorities on the subject in the country.

From Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made by McCabe, James Dabney

But it needed no course in medical jurisprudence to tell me what those marks were—the marks of teeth, and of a woman's teeth.

From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

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

Mr. Middleheath's junior was Mr. Garden Greyson, a thin ascetic looking lawyer whose knowledge of medical jurisprudence had brought him his brief in the case.

From The Shrieking Pit by Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John)