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The legal grading of bodily injury into simple and grievous hurt, which decides the seriousness of the offence.
Grievous is the listed serious harm (limb, sight, hearing, face, fracture, danger to life, long incapacity); everything else is simple hurt.
Postmortem Changes
The sequence of changes after death, used to estimate the time since death.
Mechanical Injuries (Wounds)
Wounds classified by mechanism — central to medico-legal reporting.
Asphyxial Deaths
Death from interference with the body's oxygen supply.
Livor Mortis (Postmortem Lividity)
Bluish-purple discolouration where blood settles under gravity after death.
Autopsy
A postmortem examination to establish the cause and manner of death.
Firearm Injuries
Wounds produced by projectiles fired from firearms.