After death. A term generally applied to an autopsy or examination of a dead body, to ascertain the cause of death, or to the Inquisition for that purpose by the coroner. See Wehle v. United States Mut Acc. Ass’n, 11 Misc. Rep. 36, 31 N. Y. Supp. 865; Stephens v. People, 4 Parker Cr. R. (N. Y.) 475.