A method of anthropometry, used chiefly for the identifi-cation of criminals and other persons, con-sisting of the taking and recording of a sys-tem of numerous, minute, and uniform measurements of various parts of the human body, absolutely and in relation to each oth-er, the facial, cranial, and other angles, aud of any eccentricities or abnormalities no-ticed in the individual
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
