Coroner
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CORONER, an ancient officer of the English common law, so called, according to Coke, because he was a keeper of the pleas of the crown (custos placitorum coronae).
Coroner
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(kõr´nr), judicial officer responsible for investigating deaths occurring through violence or under suspicious circumstances. The office has been traced to the late 12th cent.
Coroner A county official who determines the cause of death of anyone who dies violently (by attack or accident), suddenly, or suspiciously.
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Coroner
A county officer whose resposibility is to inquire the cause of death of a person who dies sudden death under violent or mysterious circumstances or in prison.
CORONER - Part Obs. An officer whose principal duty it is to hold an inquisition or inquest, sometimes with the assistance of a jury, over the body of any person who may have come to a violent or suspicious death, or who has died in prison.
Coroner
A public official who holds an inquiry into violent or suspicious deaths. A coroner has the power to summon people to the inquest.
CORONER : A Public official who investigates cause of death.
CORPUS DELICTI (Latin, 'body of a crime'): The necessary substantial evidence or proof that a crime has been committed.
coroner's inquest An examination into the causes and circumstances of a death resulting from violence or under suspicious circumstances, held by the county coroner or medical examiner.
Coroner:
A person, sometimes elected, who investigate all deaths that were not of natural causes. See also medical examiner.
Corpus Delicti: ...
coroner
n. a county official with the responsibility to determine the cause of death of anyone who dies violently (by attack or accident), suddenly, or suspiciously.
Coroner's verdict
Further information: Coroner
A verdict is also issued by the coroner at the conclusion of an inquest into sudden deaths: possible verdicts include death by misadventure, accidental death, unlawful killing, lawful killing, ...
See also: coroner
The People's Law Dictionary by Gerald and Kathleen Hill Publisher Fine Communications ...
Expanded Legal Definition of ConvictionCoroner A public official who holds an inquiry into violent or suspicious deaths.
InquestAn inquiry held by a coroner or medical examiner regarding the death of a person who died in circumstances set out in the Coroner's Act.InsolvencyThe inability to pay debts as they come due.InsolventA person who owes at least $1000.
Forbids sheriffs and coroners to hold pleas of the crown. 18. Prefers the king's debt when the debtor dies insolvent. 19. To the purveyance of the king's house. 20. To the castleguard. 21. To the manner of taking property for public use. 22.
Inquest
An inquiry by a coroner into the manner of death in a possible homicide case; a tribunal selected to inquire into selected factual matters.
Term: Inquest
Definition: An inquiry by a coroner into the manner of death in a possible homicide case; a tribunal selected to inquire into selected factual matters.
Members of the public who decide guilt or innocence in criminal cases at a Crown Court or the cause of death at a Coroner's Court.
They reach a verdict.
There is no jury in civil cases except in defamation cases.
inquest - The inquiry by a coroner or medical examiner, sometimes with the aid of a jury, into the manner of the death of any one who has been killed, or has died suddenly under unusual or suspicious circumstances, or by violence, ...
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