MEDICAL EXAMINER

By SovConn | June 2, 2013

medical examiner.A public official who investigates deaths, conducts autopsies, and helps the state prosecute homicide cases. • Medical examiners have replaced coroners in many states. — Sometimes shortened to examiner. See CORONER. [Cases: Coroners 1. C.J.S. Coroners and Medical Examiners § 2.]

[Blacks Law 8th]

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