After death. A term generally applied to an autopsy or examina-tion of a dead body, to ascertain the cause of death, or to the Inquisition for that purpoee by the coroner. See wehle v. United States Mut Acc. Ass’n, 11 Misc. Rep. 36, 31 N. Y. Supp. 865; Stephens v. People, 4 Parker Cr. R. (N. Y.) 475
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
