• Inquest

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    Origin

    From Old French enqueste (Modern French enquête), from Vulgar Latin inquirere, or from Medieval Latin inquesta < in + Latin quaesita.

    Full definition of inquest

    Noun

    inquest

    (plural inquests)
    1. A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death.
      • 1907, w, The Dust of Conflict Chapter 4, The inquest on keeper Davidson was duly held, and at the commencement seemed likely to cause Tony Palliser less anxiety than he had expected.
    2. The jury hearing such an inquiry, and the result of the inquiry.
    3. (rare, obsolete) Enquiry; quest; search.
      • Souththe laborious and vexatious inquest that the soul must make after science

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