Legal Definition and Related Resources of Coroner

A local judicial officer empowered to act within his own municipal jurisdiction . A Coroner’s court is a Court of record and the coroner is a judge of that court. His duties include the inquiry into the circumstances and manner of the death of any person who is slain or who dies in suspicious circumstances. The inquiry is called an inquest and is held before a jury. The primary duty of a Coroner’s Court is to conduct an investigation in order to ascertain whether a crime has been committed and its proceedings are similar to those of the grand jury . The inquiry is not directed against anyone in particular and until a verdict has been reached there is no accused person. The coroner’s jurisdiction is limited within his own municipality .

An officer whose principal duty it is to hold an inquisition, with the assistance of a jury, over the body of any person who may have come to a violent death, or who has died in prison. It is his duty also, in case of the death of the sheriff, or his incapacity, or when a vacancy occurs in that ofiice, to serve all the writs and processes which the sheriff is usually bound to serve. 20 Ga. 336; 11 Tex. 284; 14 Ala. (N. S.) 326; 10 Humph. (Tenn.) 346; 1 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 349. The chief justice of the king’s bench is the sovereign or chief coroner of all England, -though it is not to be understood that he performs the active duties of that office in any one county. 4 Coke, 57b; Bac. Abr.; 3 Comyn, Dig. 242; 5 Comyn, Dig. 212. It is also his duty to inquire concerning shipwreck, and to find who has possession of the goods; concerning treasure trove, who are the finders, and where the property is. 1 Sharswood, ~B1. Comm. 349. The office has lost much of the honor which formerly appertained to it, but the duties are of great consequence to society, both for bringing murderers to punishment, and protecting innocent persons from accusation. It may often happen that the imperfections of the early examination enable one who is undoubtedly a criminal to escape. It is proper, in most cases of homicide, to procure the examination to be made by a physician, and in many cases it is his duty. 4 Car. & P. 571.

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Translation of Coroner, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Médico forense and other legal terms is available here.

• Médico forense
• Pesquisidor
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Translate Coroner’s Inquest from English to Spanish

Translation of Coroner’s Inquest, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Indagatoria de pesquisidor and other legal terms is available here.

• Indagatoria de pesquisidor
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Translation of Coroner’s Jury, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Jurado de pesquisidor and other legal terms is available here.

• Jurado de pesquisidor
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Description/ translation of coroner into Spanish: médico forense[1]

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1. Translation of Coroner published by Antonio Peñaranda

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Autopsy; Jury; Presumption.

Autopsy; Careers in forensic science; Death, cause of; Medical examiner.

Coroner in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of coroner.

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• Law Enforcement Officer
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• coroner in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• coroner in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Coroner

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Coroner :

An officer of the Crown whose principal function is to investigate deaths suspected of being violent or unnatural. He will do this either by ordering an *autopsy or conducting an *inquest. The coroner also holds inquests on *treasure trove. Coroners are appointed by the Crown from among barristers, solicitors, and qualified medical practitioners of not less than five years’ standing.