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Definition of Inquest
1. Noun. An inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death.
Definition of Inquest
1. n. Inquiry; quest; search.
Definition of Inquest
1. Noun. A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death. ¹
2. Noun. The jury hearing such an enquiry, and the result of the enquiry. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inquest
1. a legal inquiry [n -S]
Medical Definition of Inquest
1. A legal inquiry into the cause of sudden, violent, or mysterious death. Origin: L. In, in, + quaero, pp. Quaesitus, to seek (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inquest
Literary usage of Inquest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"Death in a pugilistic encounter was made the subject of an inquest in Rex v. ...
A case.of death by apoplexy is not a proper one for an inquest, under Mansf ..."
2. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"Difference between customary witnesses and those of the inquest Domesday the
result of a vast royal inquest officer in a local court through the oaths of ..."
3. English Local Government from the Revolution to the Municipal Corporations by Sidney Webb (1908)
"There the Jurymen of the City of London, by a Citizen, 1824, p. 110). It was said
in 1833 that the inquest might be composed of Freemen or non-Freemen ..."
4. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I. by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1895)
"The instruction for this ' inquest of Sheriffs' we have: it is an early example
of those articles of inquest by which as time goes on the whole machinery of ..."
5. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1854)
"GRAND inquest TO COUNCIL, 1784. To tho Honourable the Supreme Executive Council
... The Grand inquest for the City and County of Philadelphia, do represent, ..."
6. The Continental Legal History Series by Association of American Law Schools (1913)
"Down to that time the inquest (" enquête ") was only possible if the man arrested
OH suspicion submitted to it of his own free will ; though an indirect and ..."
7. A History of Continental Criminal Procedure, with Special Reference to France by Adhémar Esmein, René Garraud, Carl Joseph Anton Mittermaier (1913)
"Down to that time the inquest (" enquete ") was only possible if the man arrested
on suspicion submitted to it of his own free will; though an indirect and ..."
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