Inquest
Alternative forms
- obsolete enquest
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)- 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.
- The jury hearing such an inquiry, and the result of the inquiry.
- (rare, obsolete) Enquiry; quest; search.
- Souththe laborious and vexatious inquest that the soul must make after science