legal medicine

noun

1. the application of medical knowledge to questions of civil and criminal law, especially in court proceedings.

noun

1. forensic medicine.

noun

1. another name for forensic medicine

noun

1. the applied use of medical knowledge or practice, esp pathology, to the purposes of the law, as in determining the cause of deathAlso called: medical jurisprudence, legal medicine

n.

1. The branch of medicine that interprets or establishes the medical facts in civil or criminal law cases.legal medicine medical jurisprudence

n.

1. forensic medicine

1. The branch of medicine that interprets or establishes the medical facts in civil or criminal law cases.