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Coroner
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterious death, or death in prison, usually on sight of the body and at the place where the death occurred.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Coroner'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/coroner.html. 1828.