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Medico-Legal Aspects of Identification
Medico-Legal Aspects of Identification
Identification
of Skeleton
3.
1. Social test
2. Genital test
3. Gonadal test
4. Chromosomal test
4.
Problems in Sex
determination
1. Gonadal agenesis
2. True hermaphrodism
5.
Presumptive evidence
of sex
6.
Highly probable
evidence of sex
7.
Conclusive evidence of
sex
8.
Evidences of Sex in
Mutilated or
Decomposed Body
4. Sex
- pelvis, skull, sternum, Femur, Humerus
5. Determination of Race
6. Age
- appearance of ossification centers
-union of bones and epiphysis
7. Determination of duration of interment
- presence or absence of soft tissue still
adherent to the bones
- firmness and weight, brittleness, dryness of
bone
- degree of erosion of the surface of bone
- changes in the clothings, coffin, painting
8. Presence or absence of ante-mortem or
post-mortem injury
9. Superimposed photography
- determining the person to whom the skull
belongs
2.
Determination
of Sex
1. As an aid of identification
2. To determine whether an individual can
exercise certain obligations vested by law to
one sex only
3. Marriage or union of a man and a woman
4. Rights granted by law are different to
different sexes
5. Certain crimes wherein specific sex can
only be the offender or victin
- rape, seduction, abduction, abuse against
chastity: women are victim
- prostitution: woman
- adultery: married woman
- concubinage: husband
9.
Determination of Age
1. Aid of identification
2. Determination of criminal liablity
3. Determination of right of suffrage (vote)
4. Whether a person can exercise civil rights (21 yo)
5. Capacity to contract marriage
- The legal age for marriage in the Philippines is 18
- 18 and 21: a consent from the father, mother, surviving parent or guardian should be
obtaine
- 22 and 25: a written parental advice indicating that your parents are aware of your intent to
marry will be required
6. Requisites to certain crimes
Rape: < 12 years old
Infanticide: < 3 days old
10.
11.
12.
Preciptin test