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Pathology

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In Medical Jurisprudence. The science or doctrine of diseases. In cases of homicides, abortions, and the like, it is of great consequence to the legal practitioner to be acquainted in some degree with pathology. 2 Chitty, Pr. 42, n.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In medical jurisprudence. The science or doctrine of diseases. That part of medicine which explains the nature of diseases, their causes, and their symptoms. See Bacon v. U. S. Mut. Acc. Assin, 123 N. Y. 304, 25 N. E. 399, 9 L. B. A. 617, 20 Am. St. Rep. 748.