forensic

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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adjective of, relating to, or used in public debate or argument
adjective used or applied in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law

From Latin forēnsis (“of the forum, public”) + -ic, from forum (“forum, marketplace”).

Why bring in a master of forensic eloquence like Whiteside? — Ulysses, James Joyce
With the forensic pageant that ensued we are not here concerned. — William Pitt and national revival, J. Holland (John Holland) Rose
For forensic purposes, for all the established professions of society, this is sufficient. — Biographia Literaria, Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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