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fo·ren·sic /fə-'ren-sik, -zik/ adj [Latin forensis public, forensic, from forum forum]1: belonging to, used in, or suitable to the courts or to public discussion and debate2: relating to or dealing with the application of scientific knowledge (as of medicine or linguistics) to legal problemsforensic pathologyforensic expertsfo·ren·si·cal·ly adj
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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adapted to argumentation, arguable, argumentative, barristerial, belonging to courts of justice, belonging to debate, capable of being debated, concerning the law, contentious, contestable, controversial, controvertible, discursive, disputable, disputative, fitted for legal argumentation, fitted for public argumentation, forensis, in the field of public debate, iudicialis, iuridicialis, judicatory, judicial, jural, juridic, juridical, jurisdictional, jurisprudential, juristic, lawful, learned in the law, legal, legalistic, litigious, open to discussion, pertaining to the courts, pertaining to the law, polemical, proper to public debate, solicitorial, statutory, subject to contention, subject to controversy
associated concepts: forensic medicine
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Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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adj.Relating to law and courts.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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to do with courts. Thus a barrister has forensic skills, and forensic medicine is the application of medicine to legal issues in courts.
Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001.
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Any material, such as evidence or testimony, suitable for use in court or other legal matters.Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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adj. Relating to the gathering, preparation, or presentation of evidence in court. n. the application of scientific or medical principles to the law.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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Belonging to courts of justice.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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Belonging to courts of justice.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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1) adj. from Latin forensis for "belonging to the forum," ancient Rome's site for public debate and currently meaning pertaining to the courts. Thus, forensic testimony or forensic medicine are used to assist the court or the attorneys in legal matters, including trials.
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.