medical evidence

medical evidence
Expert testimony of physicians and surgeons. 31 Am J2d Ex & Op §§ 1 et seq. The opinions of medical men are constantly admitted as to the cause of disease, or of death, or the consequences of wounds, and as to the sane or insane state of a person's mind, as collected from a number of circumstances, and as to other subjects of professional skill. Estate of Toomes, 54 Cal 509.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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