Hypertext Webster Gateway: "forensic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Forensic \Fo*ren"sic\, a. [L. forensis, fr. forum a public
place, market place. See {Forum}.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Forensic \Fo*ren"sic\, n. (Amer. Colleges)
An exercise in debate; a forensic contest; an argumentative
thesis.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
forensic
adj : used of legal argumentation
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