noun
administrative autopsy; autopsy ordered by the government
A legal term for an autopsy conducted under government authority, typically when a death is suspicious or its cause is unclear and requires official investigation.
変死体が見つかり、警察は行政解剖を行うことにした。
An unnatural death was discovered, and the police decided to perform an administrative autopsy.
司法解剖 is a judicial autopsy ordered by a court as part of a criminal investigation, while 行政解剖 is an administrative autopsy ordered by government authorities (e.g., police) without a court order, often to determine cause of death in non-criminal or unclear cases.
解剖 is the general term for autopsy or dissection, while 行政解剖 specifies the administrative context.
Compound of 行政 (administration) and 解剖 (autopsy). The term is a modern legal coinage.