Forensic Medicine

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Medical jurisprudence. "That science which teaches the application of every branch of medical knowledge to the purposes of the law; hence its limits are, on the one hand, the requirements of the law, and, on the other, the whole range of medicine. Anatomy, physiology, medicine, surgery, chemistry, physics, of science are required to enable a court of law to arrive at a proper conclusion on a contested question affecting life or property." Tayl. Med. Jur. 1.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Medical jurisprudence.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

See Medical Ju-

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Or medical jurisprudence, as it is also called, is "that science which teaches the application of every branch of medical knowledge to the purposes of the law; hence its limits are, on the one hand, the requirements of the law, and, on the other, the whole range of medicine. Anatomy, physiology, medicine, surgery, chemistry, physica, and botany lend their aid as necessity arises; and in some cases nil these branches of science are required to enable a court of law to arrive at a proper conclusion on a contested question affecting life or property." Tayl. Med. Jur. 1.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

or madical jurisprudence, as it is also called, is “that science which teaches the application of every branch of medical knowledge to the purposes of the law; hence its limits are, on the one hand, the requirements of the law, and, oa the other, the whole range of medicine. Anatomy, physiology, medicine, surgery, ehemistry, puysies, and botany lend their aid as necessity arises; and in some cases all these branches of science are require: to ena« ble a court of law to arrive ata proper conclusion on a contested question affectingdite or property.” Tayl. Med. Jur. 1.