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foreseeability,n. The quality of being reasonably anticipatable. • Foreseeability, along with actual causation, is an element of proximate cause in tort law. — foreseeable,adj. [Blacks Law 8th]

foreperson. See presiding juror under JUROR.[Blacks Law 8th]

forensic services.Hist. In feudal law, the payment of extraordinary aids or the rendition of extraordinary military services.[Blacks Law 8th]

forensic pathology.The specific branch of medicine that establishes or interprets evidence dealing with diseases and disorders of the body, esp. those that cause death. [Blacks Law 8th]

forensis (f<<schwa>>-ren-sis), adj.[fr. Latin forum “court”] Roman law. Of or relating to a court of law. • An advocate, for example, was sometimes known as a homo forensis. [Blacks Law 8th]

forensic medicine.The branch of medicine that establishes or interprets evidence using scientific or technical facts, such as ballistics. — Also termed medical jurisprudence.[Blacks Law 8th]

forensic linguistics.The science or technique that evaluates the linguistic characteristics of written or oral communications, usu. to determine identity or authorship.[Blacks Law 8th]

forensic evidence.See EVIDENCE.[Blacks Law 8th]

  forensic engineering.The use of engineering principles or analysis in a lawsuit, usu. through an expert witness’s testimony.[Blacks Law 8th]

forensic (f<<schwa>>-ren-sik also -zik), adj.1. Used in or suitable to courts of law or public debate <forensic psychiatry>.2. Rhetorical; argumentative < Spence’s considerable forensic skills>.3.Hist. Exterior; foreign.[Blacks Law 8th]