Look up: inquest

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   inquest
   [Noun] A legal investigation into the cause of a sudden death.
   Example: There was an inquest into the death of a teenager.
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   inquest
   [n] - an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death
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   inquest
   An inquiry held by a coroner into a death of a person who appears to have died in suspicious circumstances
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   inquest
   Inquiry held by a coroner into an unexplained death. At an inquest, a coroner is assisted by a jury of between 7 and 11 people. Evidence is on oath, and medical and other witnesses may be summoned. ...
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   Inquest
   When the cause of death remains in doubt the Coroner's Court holds an inquest
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   Inquest
   In'quest noun [ Middle English enqueste , Old French enqueste , French enquête , Late Latin inquesta , for inquisita , from Latin inquisitus , past participle of inquirere . See Inquire .] 1. Inquiry; quest; search. [ R.] Spenser. « The laborious and vexatious inquest that the soul must make after science.� ...
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   inquest
   A legal inquiry into the cause of sudden, violent, or mysterious death. ... Origin: L. In, in, + quaero, pp. Quaesitus, to seek ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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   inquest
   noun an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death
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   Inquest
   In common law jurisdictions that have a coroner system, an `inquest` is a formal process of state investigation. A common type of inquest is a medical examination of any cause of death under suspicious circumstances. Larger inquests can be held into disasters, or into cases of corruption. The `inquest`, as a means of settling a matter of fact, developed in Scandinavia and the Carolingian Empire before the end of the tenth century. It was the met...
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    inquest
    (in´kwest) a legal inquiry before a coroner or medical examiner, and usually a jury, into the manner of death.
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    Inquest
    • (n.) A body of men assembled under authority of law to inquire into any matterm civil or criminal, particularly any case of violent or sudden death; a jury, particularly a coroner`s jury. The grand jury is sometimes called the grand inquest. See under Grand. • (n.) Judicial inquiry; official examination, esp. before a jury; as, a corone...
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    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 ...
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    inquest
    inquest 1. An official presentation of the results of an investigation in front of a jury into the facts of a case such as a sudden unexpected death. 2. An investigation of the facts of a situation, particularly one that had an undesired outcome.
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    inquest
    A legal inquiry into the cause of sudden, violent, or mysterious death. [L. in, in, + quaero, pp. quaesitus, to seek]
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    inquest
    inquest, in law, a body of men appointed by law to inquire into certain matters. The term also refers to the inquiry itself as well as to the findings of the inquiry. The most usual form of inquest today is that conducted by the coroner to discover the cause of a death that was sudden, violent, or o...
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