forensic

Meaning

1. (not-comparable) Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.
2. (dated, not-comparable) Relating to, or appropriate for, courts of law; suitable or adapted to legal argumentation.
3. (informal, not-comparable) Precise, thorough, or highly meticulous, by analogy with a scientific legal investigation.
4. (archaic, not-comparable) Relating to, or used in, debate or argument.

Synonyms

judicial

juridical

legal

oratorical

rhetoric

rhetorical

court-ordered

forensical

court

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jurisprudential

law

Translations

forense

forense

giudiziario

forense

médicolégal

forense

δικανικός

gerichtlich

forensisch

gerechtelijk

forensisch

εγκληματολογικός

légal

judiciaire

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fəˈɹɛn.zɪk/

Etymology

From Latin forēnsis (“of the forum, public”) + -ic, from forum (“forum, marketplace”).