1) British play 2) Civil procedure 3) Court investigation 4) Enquiry 5) French word used in English 6) Inquiry 7) Judicial exam 8) Judicial examination 9) Judicial hearing 10) Judicial inquiry 11) Judicial proceeding 12) Official investigation 13) Whodunit routine
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1) Enquiry 2) Investigation
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An inquest is a judicial inquiry in common law jurisdictions, particularly one held to determine the cause of a person`s death. Conducted by a judge, jury, or government official, an inquest may or may not require an autopsy carried out by a coroner or medical examiner. Generally, inquests are only conducted when deaths are sudden or unexplained.....
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• (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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[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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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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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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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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(in´kwest) a legal inquiry before a coroner or medical examiner, and usually a jury, into the manner of death.
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A judicial inquiry put forward by a county officer or judicial officer incases where there has been mysterious deaths or accidents and which has violence involved too.A jury may or may not be appointed and incase where jury is not appointed, it becomes the duty of the coroner (judicial officer).
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An inquiry held by a coroner into a death of a person who appears to have died in suspicious circumstances
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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....Found on
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Obs. an investigation by Royal officials, usually into tax matters.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: in′kwest Definitions: 1. A legal inquiry into the cause of sudden, violent, or mysterious death.
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A coroner or medical examiner's investigation or hearing into a suspicious death. A jury hearing may be held under some circumstances.
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[
n] - an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death
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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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noun an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death
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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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a proceeding which usually is a limited non-jury trial for the purpose of fixing the amount of damages where the plaintiff or defendant alone introduces testimony.
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a legal or judicial inquiry, usually before a jury, esp. an investigation made by a coroner into the cause of a death. · the body of people appointed to hold such an inquiry, esp. a coroner's jury. · the decision or finding based on such inquiry. · an investigation or examination.
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an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death
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