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Volume 5, Issue 1
1 February 2003
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The British Journal of Forensic Practice
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Review Article| February 01 2003

Neologism in forensic practice

Rita Dalton
Enfield and Haringey NHS Trust
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2042-8340
Print ISSN: 1463-6646
© MCB UP Limited
2003
The British Journal of Forensic Practice (2003) 5 (1): 25–26.
https://doi.org/10.1108/14636646200300004

A neologism (new word) has crept into forensic practice: the word ‘absconsion’, which is used instead of the correct form of ‘abscondment’ to mean the act of running away or escaping. The author speculates that forensic practitioners' reliance on previous reports has led to its appearing in current usage.

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