A court officer who investigates the death of any person who dies in suspicious circumstances• Coroner's Inquests
(Lat, corona, a crown; the pronunciation "crowner" is therefore legitimate.) A municipal officer charged with the duty of cutting up the unfortunate to see if they are dead. They always are. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary, s. v. Coroner
An official who inquires into unnatural death, eg. sudden, unexpected or those related to procedures or operations.
A government officer who investigates by inquest any death thought to be of other than natural causes.
a high ranking royal official; four were appointed to each county to protect the king's interests, one of their duties being to make all preliminary investigations before a trial.
A public official whose primary function is to investigate by inquest any death thought to be of other than natural causes. This is sometimes an elected position, and the individual may not have a medical background. (See Medical Examiner)
a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes
a doctor or lawyer appointed by a local authority to investigate certain deaths
a judicial officer appointed and paid for by the local authority
a judicial officer appointed by the Home Secretary, but paid by the local authority
an elected legal official who investigates and certifies deaths
an officer of a county or municipality whose chief function is to investigate by inquest any death not clearly resulting from natural causes
an official person who investigates and certifies deaths
an official who is responsible for investigating the deaths of people who died in a sudden, violent, or unusual way
a person who is appointed to enquire into the death of somebody who has died, or is thought to have died from unnatural causes
a public official, appointed or elected, in a particular geographic jurisdiction, whose official duty is to make inquiry into deaths in certain categories
a public official, appointed or elected, in a selected geographic jurisdiction, whose official duty is to make inquiry into deaths under certain circumstances
is elected by voters to investigate deaths and issue death certificates. The Coroner is a physician trained and board certified in Forensic Pathology, which is the branch of medicine concerned with the investigation of sudden and unexpected violent or suspicious deaths.
A medical examiner responsible for aiding criminal investigations by probing deaths not thought to be of natural causes.
a public officer who determines the possible cause or causes of death, when it does not appear to be due to natural causes
A person who investigates the cause of death when a person has suffered a sudden, violent or suspicious death.
A public official and in some cases a constitutional officer whose duty it is to investigate the case of death if it appears to be from other than natural causes, or if there was no physician in attendance for a long time prior to death.
A public office charged with responsibility for investigating the case of any death occurring from other than natural cause.
A judicial officer who investigates deaths that are not due to natural causes.
An officer of a county, district or municipality, holding inquests on deaths thought to be violent or accidental.
The coroner is a type of Judge who is obliged to hold an inquest into any violent or unnatural death or a sudden death of unknown cause or if the deceased died in prison or in such circumstances as to require an inquest. The coroner is only required to establish who the deceased was, how, when and where he came to his or her death.
A medical examiner who conducts an investigation to determine the cause of death.
A coroner is either the presiding officer of a special court, a medical officer, or an officer of law responsible for investigating deaths, particularly those happening under unusual circumstances.