medical jurisprudence

noun

1. forensic medicine.

medical jurisprudence

noun

1. another name for forensic medicine

Word History and Origins

Origin of medical jurisprudence¹

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

An influential nineteenth-century manual on medical jurisprudence cited the saying “A medical man, when he sees a dead body, should notice everything.”

From Literature

Jaising P. Modi’s “Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology”, first published in 1920, remains the standard textbook in the three countries.

From Economist

A famous British doctor, Dr Norman Chevers, had written a medical jurisprudence textbook in the 19th Century, Mrinal Satish says, "in which his assumption was that all Indians are reliable and Indian women lie more than Indian men".

From BBC

Millingen, in his work on Medical jurisprudence, page 54, remarks—“From time immemorial medical men have pointed out to municipal authorities the dangers, that arise from burying the dead, within the precincts of cities, or populous towns.”

From Project Gutenberg

Forensic, fo-ren′sik, adj. belonging to courts of law, held by the Romans in the forum: used in law pleading: appropriate to, or adapted to, argument.—Forensic medicine, medical jurisprudence, the application of medical knowledge to the elucidation of doubtful questions in a court of justice.

From Project Gutenberg