forensic

alternative forensick

1. not comparableRelating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.

   forensic analysis; forensic examination; forensic evidence; forensic investigation; forensic pathologist

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   In this account of events, the cards were stacked against Clemons from the beginning. His appeal lawyers have argued that he was physically beaten into making a confession, the jury was wrongfully selected and misdirected, and his conviction largely achieved on individual testimony with no supporting forensic evidence presented.

   2012 August 21, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian

   Fire investigators […] and forensic chemists are combing through fire sites [the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing], interviewing witnesses, and following leads.

   1996 June 8, Bill Clinton, Weekly Presidential radio Address

2. datednot comparableRelating to, or appropriate for, courts of law; suitable or adapted to legal argumentation.

   Mr. Philips’ incredulous sniff was a triumph of forensic skill.

   1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 164

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   Varus trusted implicitly […] to the interest which they affected to take in the forensic eloquence of their conquerors.

   1851, Edward Shepherd Creasy, “Chapter V”, in The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World

3. informalnot comparablePrecise, thorough, or highly meticulous, by analogy with a scientific legal investigation.

   With forensic precision

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   A forensic account of history

   It [the judiciary] had been the forum before which the highest forensic discussions had been held, […]

   1885, Isaac N. Arnold, “Chapter VIII”, in The Life of Abraham Lincoln

4. not comparableRelating to forms of disability associated with criminal risk.

   patients with forensic needs

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   a forensic learning disability

5. archaicnot comparableRelating to, or used in, debate or argument.

   Synonyms: rhetorical