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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

forensis

, fr.

forum

a public place, market place. See

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.

Noun.

(Amer. Colleges)

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

Adj.

[from L. forensis, from forum, a court.]

Belonging to courts of judicature; used in courts or legal proceedings; as a forensic term; forensic eloquence or disputes.