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Forensic

//fəˈɹɛn.zɪk// adj, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law. not-comparable

    "In this account of events, the cards were stacked against Clemons from the beginning. His appeal lawyers have argued that he was physically beaten into making a confession, the jury was wrongfully selected and misdirected, and his conviction largely achieved on individual testimony with no supporting forensic evidence presented."

  2. 2
    Relating to, or appropriate for, courts of law; suitable or adapted to legal argumentation. dated, not-comparable

    "Varus trusted implicitly […] to the interest which they affected to take in the forensic eloquence of their conquerors."

  3. 3
    Precise, thorough, or highly meticulous, by analogy with a scientific legal investigation. informal, not-comparable

    "A forensic account of history"

  4. 4
    Relating to, or used in, debate or argument. archaic, not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    used or applied in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law wordnet
  2. 2
    of, relating to, or used in public debate or argument wordnet

Etymology

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

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