FORENSIC

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or disputes. Forensic medicine, medical jurisprudence; medicine in its relations to law.

2.
n.

An exercise in debate; a forensic contest; an argumentative thesis.


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