Post-Mortem
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
After death
A term generally applied to an autopsy or examination of a dead body, to ascertain the cause of death or to the inquisition for that purpose by the coroner.
See Wehle v. United States Mut. Acc. Ass'n, 11 Misc. Rep. 36, 31 N. Y. Supp. 865; Stephens v. People, 4 Parker Cr. R. (N. Y.) 475.