medicolegal
adjective
med·i·co·le·gal
ˌme-di-kō-ˈlē-gəl 
: of or relating to both medicine and law
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Now, Barbara Butcher, a medicolegal death investigator and the host of Oxygen’s The Death Investigator, has revealed her theory about what happened.
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 June 2026
Medical examiners and coroners are both known as medicolegal death investigators, a term Idaho applies to people who make formal inquiries or examinations to determine the cause and manner of a person’s death.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 20 May 2026
Portland Police and a Multnomah County medicolegal death investigator led the investigation.
—Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
McGivern, who coordinates medicolegal death investigations in Vermont, reviewed the facts that Funke was given at the time of Betty Strong’s death and his subsequent report at ProPublica’s request.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 16 July 2025
Overview of the medicolegal death investigation system in the United States
Emilie Lucchesi has written for some of the country's largest newspapers, including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
The medical examiner's office wouldn't provide additional details about the cases, but medicolegal investigator Charlotte Carter said each represents a person whose family deserves closure.
—CBS News, 27 Nov. 2024
His work aims to understand and minimize human error in forensic science and medicolegal decision-making.
—Jeff Kukucka, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2024
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 June 2026
Medical examiners and coroners are both known as medicolegal death investigators, a term Idaho applies to people who make formal inquiries or examinations to determine the cause and manner of a person’s death.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 20 May 2026
Portland Police and a Multnomah County medicolegal death investigator led the investigation.
—Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
McGivern, who coordinates medicolegal death investigations in Vermont, reviewed the facts that Funke was given at the time of Betty Strong’s death and his subsequent report at ProPublica’s request.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 16 July 2025
Overview of the medicolegal death investigation system in the United States
Emilie Lucchesi has written for some of the country's largest newspapers, including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
The medical examiner's office wouldn't provide additional details about the cases, but medicolegal investigator Charlotte Carter said each represents a person whose family deserves closure.
—CBS News, 27 Nov. 2024
His work aims to understand and minimize human error in forensic science and medicolegal decision-making.
—Jeff Kukucka, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Medicolegal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medicolegal. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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medicolegal
adjective
med·i·co·le·gal
ˌmed-i-kō-ˈlē-gəl
: of or relating to both medicine and law
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