coroner

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{i} şüpheli ölüm olaylarını araştıran memur
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sorgu yargıcı

Tom sorgu yargıcının ofisinde çalıştı. - Tom worked at the coroner's office.

(isim) sorgu yargıcı
(Kanun) sorgu hakimi
İngilizce - İngilizce
a public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths

a coroner may also be known as a medical examiner, or ME, if he or she holds a medical degree and performs autopsies.

a medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint

This definition applies only to some countries (e.g., Canada), and not others (e.g., the USA).

{n} an officer who inquires into the cause of sudden and accidental death
1 A public official who investigates the causes and circumstances of suspicious deaths that occur within his or her jurisdiction and makes a finding in a coroner's inquest
means properly the crown-officer In Saxon times it was his duty to collect the Crown revenues; next, to take charge of Crown pleas; but at present to uphold the paternal solicitude of the Crown by searching into all cases of sudden or suspicious death (Vulgo, crowner; Latin, corona, the crown ) “But is this law? Ay, marry, is't: crowner's quest law ” Shakespeare: Hamlet, v 1 Coronet A crown inferior to the royal crown A duke's coronet is adorned with strawberry leaves above the band; that of a marquis with strawberry leaves alternating with pearls; that of an earl has pearls elevated on stalks, alternating with leaves above the band; that of a viscount has a string of pearls above the band, but no leaves; that of a baron has only six pearls
An officer whose chief function is to investigate any death not clearly resulting from natural causes
A coroner is a public official, appointed or elected, in a particular geographic jurisdiction, whose official duty is to make inquiry into deaths in certain categories The office of the coroner or "crowner" dates back to medieval days when the crowner was responsible for looking into deaths to be sure death duties were paid to the King The coroner's primary duty in contemporary times is to make inquiry into the death, assigning a cause and manner of death and listing them on the certificate of death The cause of death refers to the disease, injury or poison that caused the death The coroner also decides if a death occurred under natural circumstances or was due to accident, homicide, suicide or undetermined means or circumstances
The County Coroner is an elected position created in the Indiana Constitution The coroner is charged with determining the manner of death in cases involving violence, casualty or unexplained circumstances The coroner alerts the police or sheriff when notified of such a death The coroner is required to employ a qualified physician if an autopsy is needed When cause has been determined, the coroner files a report with the local health officer
Death investigation jurisdictions typically use either a medical examiner system or a coroner system Unlike medical examiners, coroners need not be physicians; usually the only prerequisite for serving as a coroner is that the individual be more than 18 years of age and a resident of the county or district to be served Coroners are typically elected rather than appointed They may have jurisdiction over counties or districts within states (See also Jurisdiction and Medical examiner )
A public official who holds an inquiry into violent or suspicious deaths A coroner has the power to summon people to the inquest
An officer of a county, district or municipality, holding inquests on deaths thought to be violent or accidental
A coroner is an official who is responsible for investigating the deaths of people who have died in a sudden, violent, or unusual way. The coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death. an official whose job is to discover the cause of someone's death, especially if they died in a sudden or unusual way (from corone; CROWN). Public official whose principal duty is to inquire into any death that appears to be unnatural. The name of the office as it emerged in England in the late 12th century was originally "crowner" (also called "coronator"), a reference to the coroner's principal duty of protecting the crown's property. By the late 19th century, the coroner's role had shifted to that of conducting inquests into unnatural deaths. In Canada, all coroners are appointed. In the U.S., the office is elective or appointive, depending on the jurisdiction. Coroners often possess both legal and medical qualifications, but the office is sometimes filled by laypersons, including undertakers, sheriffs, and justices of the peace. In many states the office has been replaced by that of the medical examiner, who is usually a licensed pathologist
a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes
An officer of the law who holds inquests in regard to violent, sudden, or unexplained deaths (See medical examiner)
{i} official examiner that investigates unnatural deaths
an official who holds inquests into violent, sudden, or suspicious deaths
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
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    /ˈkôrənər/ /ˈkɔːrənɜr/

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    [ 'kor-&-n&r, 'kär- ] (noun.) circa 1630. Middle English, an officer of the crown, from Anglo-French, from Old French corone crown, from Latin corona.