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fiche d'accompagnement de cadavre


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Other / Accident report
French term or phrase: fiche d'accompagnement de cadavre
This is a police report about a fatal accident on the tracks of a Swiss train station. One of the attachments to the report is called "fiche d'accompagnement de cadavre." The meaning is clear but I'm struggling to come up with an Eng. equivalent. TIA
Wyley Powell
Canada


Summary of answers provided
3body transportation document
alainmv
3coroner's certificate
Travelin Ann


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coroner's certificate


Explanation:
US English - if the certificate has been signed by the police medical examiner/coroner

Travelin Ann
United States
Local time: 05:05
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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neutral  B D Finch: Surely the police medical examiner and the coroner are not alternatives but quite different authorities? http://www.answers.com/topic/coroner indicates that, in the US too, the medical examiner or coroner is a judicial, rather than police position.
8 hrs
  -> It depends very much on the locality. Sometimes the titles are used interchangeably. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coroner
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body transportation document


Explanation:
official document necessary to prove that you are legally in charge of the body's transportation

alainmv
France
Local time: 11:05
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

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neutral  Travelin Ann: 0 ghits
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