The medicolegal impoance of postmoem lividity is all except - (UP 07)
The postmoem hypostasis helps to estimate time since death with its extent, is a sign of death, posture and moving of body at death by its fixation. Cause of death can be determined from its colour. Dr.Narayana Reddys Synopsis of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology 27th edition pg. 78.
Cause of death elsewhere
Time since death
Manner of death
Position of the body at the death
Death and postmortem changes