Part 1

Question 1

the collection of facts in order to accomplish the three-fold aims

Answer 1

Criminal investigation

Question 2

This refers to the investigation of cases that are unique and often require the application of Legal Medicine and requires special training to fully understand their broad significance.

Answer 2

Special crime investigation

Question 3

This refers to the branch of medicine which deals with the application of medical knowledge to the purposes of law and in the administration of justice

Answer 3

Legal Medicine

Question 4

A physician who specializes or is involved primarily with medicolegal duties.

Answer 4

Medical jurist

Question 5

rule of conduct, just, obligatory, laid by legitimate power for common observance and benefit.

Answer 5

Law

Question 6

It is composed of laws which are produced by the country’s legislations and which are defined, codified, and incorporated by the law-making body.

Answer 6

Written or Statutory Law (Lex Scripta)

Question 7

It is composed of unwritten laws based on immemorial customs and usages. Sometimes referred
to as case law, common law, jurisprudence, or customary law

Answer 7

Unwritten or Common Law (Lex non Scripta)

Question 8

denotes anything belonging to the court of law or used in court or legal proceedings or something fitted for legal or public argumentations.

Answer 8

Forensic

Question 9

It is a science and art dealing with prevention, cure, and alleviation of disease.

Answer 9

Medicine

Question 10

It pertains to law, arising out of, by virtue of or included in law. Refers to anything conformable to the letters or rules of law as it is administered by the court.

Answer 10

Legal

Question 11

science of giving a wise interpretation of the law and making just application of them to all cases as they arise.

Answer 11

Jurisprudence

Question 12

the knowledge of law in relation to the practice of medicine. It concerns with the study of the rights, duties and obligations of medical practitioner with particular reference to those arising from doctor - patient relationship.

Answer 12

Medical jurisprudence

Question 13

the means, sanctioned by the Rules of Court, of ascertaining in a judicial proceeding the truth respecting a matter of fact.

Answer 13

Evidence

Question 14

This is an evidence made known or addressed to the senses of the court. It is not limited to that which
is known through the sense of vision but is extended to what the sense of hearing, taste, smell and touch is
perceived.

Answer 14

Autoptic evidence
Real evidence

Question 15

physician may be commanded to appear before a court to give his testimony. While in the witness
stand, he is obliged to answer questions propounded by counsel and presiding officer of the court. His testimony must be given orally and under oath or affirmation.

Answer 15

Testimonial evidence

Question 16

those not proceeding from the personal knowledge of the witness but from mere repetition
of what he has heard to others.

It is a, “second hand” evidence which rest mainly on the veracity and competence of its source

Answer 16

Hearsay evidence

Question 17

medical witness may be allowed by the court to confirm his allegation or as a corroborated proof to an opinion he previously stated in full view of the court.

Answer 17

Experimental evidence

Question 18

Written evidence presented to the court by the expert witness about the subject matter in dispute.

Answer 18

Documentary evidence

Question 19

instrument on which is recorded by means of letters, figures, or marks.

Answer 19

Documents

Question 20

refers to the testimony of a physician on account of his training and expertise can give his own opinion on a set of medical facts.

Answer 20

Medical expert opinion

Question 21

the testimony of a witness taken upon oral question or written interrogatories, not in open court,
but in pursuance of a commission to take testimony issued by a court,

Answer 21

Deposition