coroner 音标拼音: [k'ɔrənɚ]
n . 验尸官
验屍官
coroner n 1 :
a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes [
synonym : {
coroner }, {
medical examiner }]
Coroner \
Cor "
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ner \ (
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n ?
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n . [
From OE .
coronen to crown ,
OF .
coroner ,
fr .
L .
coronare ,
fr .
corona crown .
Formed as a translation of LL .
coronator coroner ,
fr .
L .
corona crown ,
the coroner having been originally a prosecuting officer of the crown .
See {
Crown }.]
An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire ,
with the help of a jury ,
into the cause of any violent ,
sudden or mysterious death ,
or death in prison ,
usually on sight of the body and at the place where the death occurred .
[
In England formerly also written and pronounced {
crowner }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
In some of the United States the office of coroner is abolished ,
that of medical examiner taking its place .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Coroner '
s inquest }.
See under {
Inquest }.
[
1913 Webster ]
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "
coroner ":
Doctor of Medicine ,
GP ,
MD ,
allopath ,
allopathist ,
attending physician ,
autopsy ,
country doctor ,
croaker ,
doc ,
doctor ,
family doctor ,
general practitioner ,
house physician ,
inquest ,
intern ,
leech ,
medical attendant ,
medical examiner ,
medical man ,
medical practitioner ,
medico ,
mortality committee ,
necropsy ,
necroscopy ,
physician ,
physician in ordinary ,
postmortem ,
postmortem examination ,
resident ,
resident physician ,
sawbones CORONER .
An officer whose principal duty it is to hold an inquisition ,
with the assistance of a jury ,
over the body of any person who may have come to a violent death ,
or who has died in prison .
It is his duty also ,
in case of the death of the sheriff ,
or when a vacancy happens in that office ,
to serve all the writs and process which the sheriff is usually bound to serve .
The chief justice of the King '
s Bench is the sovereign or chief coroner of all England ,
although it is not to be understood that he performs the active duties of that office in any one count .
4 Rep .
57 ,
b .
Vide Bac .
Ab .
h .
t .;
6 Vin .
Ab .
242 ;
3 Com .
Dig .
242 ;
5 Com .
Dig .
212 ;
and the articles Death ;
Inquisition .
2 .
The duties of the coroner are of the greatest consequence to society ,
both for the purpose of bringing to punishment murderers and other offenders against the lives of the citizens ,
and of protecting innocent persons from criminal accusations .
His office ,
it is to be regretted ,
is regarded with too much indifference .
This officer should be properly acquainted with the medical and legal knowledge so absolutely indispensable in the faithful discharge of his office .
It not unfrequently happens that the public mind is deeply impressed with the guilt of the accused ,
and when probably he is guilty ,
and yet the imperfections of the early examinations leave no alternative to the jury but to acquit .
It is proper in most cases to procure the examination to be made by a physician ,
and in some cases ,
it is his duty .
4 Car . &
P .
571 .
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