forensic.
Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.
Meaning & usage
Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.
forensic analysis; forensic examination; forensic evidence; forensic investigation; forensic pathologist
Relating to, or appropriate for, courts of law; suitable or adapted to legal argumentation.
Precise, thorough, or highly meticulous, by analogy with a scientific legal investigation.
Relating to forms of disability associated with criminal risk.
a forensic learning disability
patients with forensic needs
Relating to, or used in, debate or argument.
Where this word comes from
From Latin forēnsis (“of the forum, public”) + -ic, from forum (“forum, marketplace”).
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