Interpretive section
Definition
The portion of the report where the expert explains what the facts mean: the mechanism that created the observed pattern, what the taphonomy implies about PMI, what the micro-remains suggest about provenance. This is where expertise is applied and where cross-examination focuses.
Related terms
- CPR Part 35 (England and Wales)
- The Civil Procedure Rules Part 35 that governs expert witnesses in civil proceedings in England and Wales. The equivalent for criminal proceedings...
- Factual section
- The portion of a forensic report that records observed data without interpretation: dimensions, photographs, context descriptions, sample inventory, analytical raw results. This...
- FRE 702
- Federal Rule of Evidence 702, the US statutory basis for expert testimony admissibility. Amended in 2000 and again in 2023 to reflect...
- Site archive
- The complete record of a forensic excavation: field notebooks, context sheets, photographic record, sample register, finds catalogue, and digital survey data. In...
- Terminus post quem / ante quem
- Latin terms for the earliest possible date (TPQ) and latest possible date (TAQ) of an event, derived from contextual or artefactual evidence....
Explained in
- Report Writing and Evidential StandardsThe portion of the report where the expert explains what the facts mean: the mechanism that created the observed pattern, what the taphonomy implies about PMI,...