Law Dictionary Definitions

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]

forematron.Archaic. The presiding juror in an all-woman jury.[Blacks Law 8th]

foreman. 1. See presiding juror under JUROR. 2. A person who directs the work of employees; an overseer, crew chief, or superintendent.[Blacks Law 8th]

forejudger (for-j<<schwa>>j-<<schwa>>r), n. Hist. 1.A judgment that deprives a person of a thing. 2. A judgment of expulsion or banishment. — Also spelled forjudger. — Also termed forisjudicatio; forisjudicatus.[Blacks Law 8th]

forejudge,vb. 1. To prejudge; to judge beforehand. 2.Hist. To expel a person, esp. an officer or attorney, from court for some offense or misconduct. 3. To deprive (a person) of a thing by a judgment; to condemn (a person) to lose a thing. — Also spelled forjudge.[Blacks Law 8th]

foreign water.See WATER.[Blacks Law 8th]