death investigation authority

C25635
concept

A death investigation authority is an official body or agency responsible for determining the cause, manner, and circumstances of deaths, particularly those that are sudden, unexpected, or legally significant.

All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
medical examiner 5
coroner’s court 2
death investigation authority canonical 2

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: death investigation authority
Generated description
A death investigation authority is an official body or agency responsible for determining the cause, manner, and circumstances of deaths, particularly those that are sudden, unexpected, or legally significant.

Instances (15)

Instance Via concept surface
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
NSW Health Pathology forensic medicine service
Coroner’s Court of Bermuda coroner’s court
Coroner of Inquests court coroner’s court
Coroners’ Courts in Northern Ireland coroner’s court system
Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner's Office coroner's office
William Wynn Westcott coroner
Clark County Coroner’s Office coroner’s office
Dr. R. Quincy, M.E. medical examiner
COPFS
Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard medical examiner
Claire Washburn medical examiner
Coroner's Court of Western Australia coroner's court
Dr. Doremus in The Kennel Murder Case
surface form: Dr. Doremus
medical examiner
Dr. Doremus in The Case of the Howling Dog
surface form: Dr. Doremus
medical examiner