Inquest
41inquest — noun Syn: enquiry, investigation, probe, examination, review, hearing …
42inquest — [ˈɪŋkwest] noun [C] an official attempt by a court to find the cause of someone s death …
43inquest — in•quest [[t]ˈɪn kwɛst[/t]] n. 1) a legal or judicial inquiry, usu. before a jury, esp. one made by a coroner 2) the body of people appointed to hold such an inquiry, esp. a coroner s jury 3) the decision or finding based on such inquiry 4) cvb… …
44inquest — An investigation conducted by a coroner or medical examiner, sometimes with the aid of a jury, to determine the cause of death of a person in a case where death is due, or is supposed to be due, to violence or other unlawful means. 18 Am J2d Corn …
45inquest — see ENQUIRE …
46inquest — n. 1 Law a an inquiry by a coroner s court into the cause of a death. b a judicial inquiry to ascertain the facts relating to an incident etc. c a coroner s jury. 2 colloq. a discussion analysing the outcome of a game, an election, etc. Etymology …
47Coroner's inquest — Inquest In quest, n. [OE. enqueste, OF. enqueste, F. enqu[^e]te, LL. inquesta, for inquisita, fr. L. inquisitus, p. p. of inquirere. See {Inquire}.] 1. Inquiry; quest; search. [R.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] The laborious and vexatious inquest that… …
48inquest, arrest of — See arrest …
49inquest of office — In old English practice, an inquiry made by the king s (or the queen s) officer, his sheriff, coroner, or escheator, virtute officii, or by writ sent to them for that purpose, or by commissioners specially appointed, concerning any matter that… …
50inquest, arrest of — See arrest …