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forensic

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) forensic (adjective)
  2. 2) forensic (noun)
  3. forensic ballistics (noun plural but singular or plural in constructrion)
  4. forensic chemistry (noun)

1fo·ren·sic

adj \fə-ˈren(t)-sik, -ˈren-zik\

Definition of FORENSIC

1
: belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate
2
: argumentative, rhetorical
3
: relating to or dealing with the application of scientific knowledge to legal problems <forensic medicine> <forensic science> <forensic pathologist> <forensic experts>
— fo·ren·si·cal·ly \-si-k(ə-)lē, -zi-\ adverb
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Origin of FORENSIC

Latin forensis public, forensic, from forum forum
First Known Use: 1659

Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi

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