Definition of "forensic" []

• Relating to, used in, or appropriate for courts of law or for public discussion or argumentation. (adjective)
• Of, relating to, or used in debate or argument; rhetorical. (adjective)
• Relating to the use of science or technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law: a forensic laboratory. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "2. The word forensic comes from the Latin forensis, which means “before the forum.”"
• "AMANPOUR: Well, they're still doing what they call the forensic investigation."
• "Mary O'Hara about his latest book, which he calls a forensic investigation of persistent inequality in Britain and a shocking indictment of both New Labour and Tory policies."