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Forensic
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Belonging to courts of justice.

forensic 1) adj. from Latin forensis for "belonging to the forum," ancient Rome's site for public debate, and currently meaning pertaining to the courts. Thus, forensic testimony or forensic medicine are used to assist the court or the attorneys in legal matters, including trials.
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What: Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz return for a second season of flirting and forensic anthropology.
FOX'S NEW `JUSTICE' -- THERE'S NO `BONES' ABOUT IT by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Midway through her career as a medical illustrator, she went back to school to study forensic anthropology, and then found her way onto the scenes of some of the most horrific and high-profile crimes of recent times, among them the 1993 massacre of cult members in Waco, Texas.
Teasing Secrets From The Dead: My Investigations at America's Most ... by Science News
On July 15, 2003, the remains of Precious Doe were exhumed and the Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services (FACES) laboratory reconstructed the child's skull and prepared a model of what the child's face may have looked like.
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