coroner /cor·o·ner/ (kor´on-er) an officer who holds inquests in regard to violent, sudden, or unexplained deaths.
coroner
coroner [kor´ah-ner]
coroner
cor·o·ner (kôr  -nr)n. A public officer whose primary function is to investigate by inquest any death thought to be of other than natural causes. |
coroner
[kôr′ənər]
Etymology: L, corona, crown
a public official who investigates the causes and circumstances of deaths that occur within a specific legal jurisdiction or territory, especially those that may have resulted from unnatural causes. Also called medical examiner.
Coroner
Forensics—UK An independent judicial officer who acts on behalf of the Crown to investigate the cause and circumstances of violent or unnatural deaths, or sudden deaths of an unknown cause. Coroners must be legally and/or medically qualified; most are now drawn from the legal profession
Forensics—US An elected or appointed public official whose chief responsibility is to investigate and provide official interpretation regarding the manner and possible cause(s) of unexplained deaths
Forensics—US An elected or appointed public official whose chief responsibility is to investigate and provide official interpretation regarding the manner and possible cause(s) of unexplained deaths
coroner [kor´ah-ner]
an official of a local community who holds inquests concerning sudden, violent, or unexplained deaths.
coroner
Forensic medicine An elected–less commonly appointed–public official whose chief responsibility is to investigate and provide official interpretation regarding the manner and possible cause(s) of unexplained deaths; in
contrast to a medical examiner, coroners are usually not required to be medical doctors, although the requirements depend on the laws governing the jurisdiction. See Forensic pathology. Cf Medical examiner.
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