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cor·o·ner    Audio Help   [kawr-uh-ner, kor-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
an officer, as of a county or municipality, whose chief function is to investigate by inquest, as before a jury, any death not clearly resulting from natural causes.

[Origin: 1225–75; ME < AF corouner supervisor of the Crown's pleas, equiv. to coroune crown + -er -er2]

cor·o·ner·ship, noun
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cor·o·ner    Audio Help   (kôr'ə-nər, kŏr'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A public officer whose primary function is to investigate by inquest any death thought to be of other than natural causes.


[Middle English, officer of the crown, from Anglo-Norman corouner, from coroune, crown, from Latin corōna; see crown.]

cor'o·ner·ship' n.
Word History: Coroner comes from Anglo-Norman corouner, a word derived from coroune, "crown." Corouner was the term used for the royal judicial officer who was called in Latin custos placitorum coronae, or "guardian of the crown's pleas." The person holding the office of coroner, a position dating from the 12th century, was charged with keeping local records of legal proceedings in which the crown had jurisdiction. He helped raise money for the crown by funneling the property of executed criminals into the king's treasury. The coroner also investigated any suspicious deaths among the Normans, who as the ruling class wanted to be sure that their deaths were not taken lightly. At one time in England all criminal proceedings were included in the coroner's responsibilities. Over the years these responsibilities decreased markedly, but coroners have continued to display morbid curiosity. In the United States, where there is no longer the crown, a coroner's main duty is the investigation of any sudden, violent, or unexpected death that may not have had a natural cause.

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coroner 
1194, from Anglo-Fr. curuner, from L. custos placitorum coronæ, originally officer with the duty of protecting the property of the royal family, from L. corona "crown." Present duties established by 17c.

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coroner

noun
a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes 

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coroner [ˈkorənə] noun
an official who inquires into the causes of accidental or sudden, unexpected deaths
Arabic: ضابِط قَضائي
Chinese (Simplified): 验尸官
Chinese (Traditional): 驗屍官
Czech: ohledávač mrtvol
Danish: retsmediciner; embedslæge
Dutch: rechter van instructie
Estonian: koroner
Finnish: kuolemansyyntutkija
French: coroner
German: der Leichenbeschauer
Greek: ιατροδικαστής
Hungarian: halottkém
Icelandic: dánardómstjóri
Indonesian: pemeriksa mayat
Italian: coroner, (magistrato che indaga sui casi di morte violenta o comunque sospetti)
Japanese: 検死官
Korean: 검시관
Latvian: kriminālmeklētājs
Lithuanian: koroneris
Norwegian: embetsmann som forestår rettslig likskue
Polish: lekarz sądowy
Portuguese (Brazil): magistrado que investiga mortes suspeitas
Portuguese (Portugal): maigstrado
Romanian: medic legist
Russian: коронер
Slovak: ohliadač (mŕtvol)
Slovenian: mrliški oglednik
Spanish: juez de instrucción
Swedish: coroner
Turkish: adlî tıp görevlisi
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Coroner

Cor"o*ner\ (k?r"?-n?r), n. [From OE. coronen to crown, OF. coroner, fr. L. coronare, fr. corona crown. Formed as a translation of LL. coronator coroner, fr. L. corona crown, the coroner having been originally a prosecuting officer of the crown. See Crown.] An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterious death, or death in prison, usually on sight of the body and at the place where the death occurred. [In England formerly also written and pronounced crowner.]

Note: In some of the United States the office of coroner is abolished, that of medical examiner taking its place.

Coroner's inquest. See under Inquest.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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