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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- forensick (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Latin forēnsis (“of the forum, public”), from forum (“forum, marketplace”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /fəˈɹɛn.zɪk/, /fəˈɹɛn.sɪk/
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Adjective[edit]
forensic (not comparable)
- Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.
- 2012 August 21, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian[1]:
- In this account of events, the cards were stacked against Clemons from the beginning. His appeal lawyers have argued that he was physically beaten into making a confession, the jury was wrongfully selected and misdirected, and his conviction largely achieved on individual testimony with no supporting forensic evidence presented.
- 1996 June 8, Bill Clinton, Weekly Presidential radio Address:
- Fire investigators […] and forensic chemists are combing through fire sites [the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing], interviewing witnesses, and following leads.
- (dated) Relating to, or appropriate for, courts of law.
- 1885, Isaac N. Arnold, “Chapter VIII”, in The Life of Abraham Lincoln:
- It [the judiciary] had been the forum before which the highest forensic discussions had been held, […]
- (archaic) Relating to, or used in, debate or argument.
- 1851, Edward Shepherd Creasy, “Chapter V”, in The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World:
- Varus trusted implicitly […] to the interest which they affected to take in the forensic eloquence of their conquerors.
Synonyms[edit]
- (Related or appropriate for a court of law): legal
- (Related or used in debate and argumentation): rhetorical
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Translations[edit]
relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law
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relating to, or appropriate for courts of law
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relating to, or used in debate or argument
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