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noun
1.
a legal or judicial inquiry, usually before a jury, especially an investigation made by a coroner into the cause of a death.
2.
the body of people appointed to hold such an inquiry, especially a coroner's jury.
3.
the decision or finding based on such inquiry.
4.
an investigation or examination.
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Example Sentences
- Now, two years later, a jury in an official inquest has reached a damning conclusion.
- No sooner had the queues disappeared than the inquest began.
- The inquest into the arson failed to produce a single suspect.
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Word Origin & History
inquest
late 13c., an-queste "legal or judicial inquiry," from O.Fr. enqueste "inquiry," from fem. pp. of V.L. *inquirere "inquire" (see inquire).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
inquest in·quest (ĭn'kwěst')
n.
A legal inquiry into the cause of violent or mysterious death.
The finding based on such an inquiry.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
inquest
judicial inquiry by a group of persons appointed by a court. The most common type is the inquest set up to investigate a death apparently occasioned by unnatural means. Witnesses are examined, and a special jury returns a verdict on the cause of death. In England inquests are also required when there is loss or injury in a fire. The inquest is confined to common-law jurisdictions that have a coroner system
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