coroners and medical examiners meaning

• [Medicine]
  Physicians appointed to investigate all cases of sudden or violent death.

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Examples

1. Coroners and medical examiners are also frequently asked to confirm the identity of a corpse.
2. :I suggest this PBS documentary on coroners and medical examiners in the US :.
3. Among court witnesses, to be sure, coroners and medical examiners are more equal than others.
4. Just how reliable is the testimony given by coroners and medical examiners " to a reasonable degree of medical certainty "?
5. Within the United States, there is a mixture of coroner and medical examiner systems, and in some states, dual systems.