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Medico-legal officer (MLO)

A physician or medical practitioner with special training in forensic medicine who performs examinations, prepares reports, and testifies in legal proceedings. In India the role is typically attached to a government hospital or medical college; in the US and UK the equivalent role is the forensic pathologist at an OCME or a forensic physician under a police contract.

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