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Coroner

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Noun

1. coroner, medical examiner

a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Coroner

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noun
a public official responsible for the investigation of violent, sudden, or suspicious deaths and inquiries into treasure trove. The investigation (coroner's inquest) is held in the presence of a jury (coroner's jury)
See also procurator fiscal, Compare medical examiner

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Coroner

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noun
a public officer who determines by inquest, sometimes with a jury, the causes of any deaths not obviously due to natural causes

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Coroner

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n.
A public officer whose primary function is to investigate any death thought to be of other than natural causes.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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