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Perimortem – The time period approximate to, surrounding – before and after – the time of death.

Preponderance - More likely than not, 51% or greater.
Prima Facie Evidence - evidence which uncontested raises a fact or presumption of fact.

Probable Cause - The evidence necessary to arrest or (normally) to search. This is more evidence than
reasonable suspicion but less than proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Prosector - The medical doctor, usually a forensic pathologist, conducting the autopsy.
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Psychological Autopsy - Focuses on the decedent's intentions relating to his own death, especially suicide.
Questioned - An unknown example, such as an unknown fingerprint, writing sample, signature, or shoe
impression. This is compared to a known – or ‘Exemplar’ sample.

Reasonable Suspicion - It is that amount of objective information (facts) that would warrant an officer in
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suspecting that the particular person is engaged in criminal activity.
Scientific Method - A method of research in which a problem is identified, relevant data are gathered, a
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hypothesis is formulated from these data, and the hypothesis is empirically tested.
Spoliation - The destruction or loss of evidence.
Statutory Law - Law that is codified in state or federal statutes/

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Tort - A civil wrong or wrongful act.

12 Colorado Peace Officers Legal Source Book (2003, Colorado District Attorneys’ Council and Colorado Attorney
General)
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/psychological+autopsy
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14 Colorado Peace Officers Legal Source Book (2003, Colorado District Attorneys’ Council and Colorado Attorney
General)
15 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scientific+method
16 http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/tort