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coroner
[ kawr-uh-ner, kor- ]
noun
- an officer, as of a county or municipality, whose chief function is to investigate by inquest, as before a jury, any death not clearly resulting from natural causes.
coroner
/ ˈ°ìÉ’°ùÉ™²ÔÉ™ /
noun
- a public official responsible for the investigation of violent, sudden, or suspicious deaths and inquiries into treasure trove. The investigation ( coroner's inquest ) is held in the presence of a jury ( coroner's jury ) See also procurator fiscal Compare medical examiner
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¦´Ç°ù´Ç²Ô±ð°ùËŒ²õ³ó¾±±è, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¦´Ç°ùo·²Ô±ð°ù·²õ³ó¾±±è noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of coroner1
Example Sentences
Two children, their father and his partner were unlawfully killed when they crashed head-on with a car being driven the wrong way on a motorway by a suicidal man, a coroner has ruled.
Last March, a coroner said Mr Brown's inquest could not continue due to material being withheld on the grounds of national security.
A 22-year-old man who died from sepsis did not receive the antibiotics and fluids "with the urgency that he should have", a coroner has said.
The coroner said there was unlikely to be any dispute about Maia's medical cause of death.
Senior coroner for west London, Lydia Brown, issued a warning about the dangers of baby slings following an inquest held last year into his death.
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