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Classification of Firearms
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Barrel
Handle
Trigger
Percussion cap
Firing Pin
Muzzle
Kinds of Ballistics
1. Internal / Interior from the time
you pull the trigger
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Point of Exit
Usually bigger
and irregular or
stellate in shape.
Everted,
and
tissued
are
protruding.
Depending upon Always negative.
a distance, may
be positive for
the products of
combustion and
paraffim.
Have a contusion Absent
or abrasion collar
Point of Entry
Smaller and oval
in shape unless it
is a close contact
fire.
The edges are
inverted
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VIRGINITY
-
Virtuous Female
* Senile / Insane
* Those who have
convicted of perjury
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previously
been
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WITNESS
-
3. DEMI-VIRGIN
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4. VIRGO INTACTA
- literally the term refers to a truly
virgin woman; that there are structural
changes in her organ to infer previous sexual
intercourse and that she is a virtuous
woman.
- inasmuch as there are no conclusive
evidence to prove the existence of such
condition, liberal authorities extend the
connotation of the term to include women
who have had previous sexual act or even
habitually but had not given birth.
Kinds of Virginity:
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a) Incomplete Laceration
- Rupture or laceration of the
hymen is considered incomplete
when it does not involve the
whole width or height of hymen.
Superficial the laceration does not
go beyond one-half of the whole
width of the hymen
Deep the laceration involves more
than one-half of the width of the
hymen but not reaching the base.
b) Complete Laceration
- The hymenal laceration involves
the whole width but not beyond
the base of the hymen
c) Compound or Complicated
- The laceration involves the
hymen and also the surrounding
tissues.
- It may involve the hymen also
the surrounding tissues.
- It may involve the perineum,
vaginal canal, urethra or rectum.
DEATH
-
3 Kinds of Death
1. Somatic Death / Clinical Death
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Degree of Laceration:
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6. Self-scratching or irritation
7. Masturbation
8. Insertion of foreign bodies
9. Previous operation
10. Horseback riding
11. Aerobics / biking
12. Throma to the genitalia
autopsy
-Only those
authorized by law
may perform this
kind of autopsy
TOTAL or
PARTIAL autopsy.
-by the pathologist
of the hospital
NON-OFFICIAL / NON
MEDICO LEGAL
-medico legal or
mandatory autopsy.
-done on those who
died on non-natural
causes
-NO NEED for
consent of the next
of kin.
-always a TOTAL
-hospital based or
elective autopsy
-done to those who
died from natural
causes
-consent from next
of kin is needed,
they will decide
whether it will be a
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OFFICIAL